MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY
OF THE TOWN AND PARISH OF
WELLINGTON
IN THE ^COUNTY OF SOMERSET
BY ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS
Part Three
NONCONFORMIST HISTORY
THE INDEPENDENTS
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MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY
OF THE TOWN AND PARISH OF
WELLINGTON
IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET
BY ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS
Part III
NONCONFORMIST HISTORY
THE INDEPENDENTS
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1913
CONTENTS.
PAGI
Introduction 309
Datbs of some Important Events 313
The Independents or Congregation alists . . . . 317
The Registers: —
Births and Baptisms, 1786-1837 405
Burials, 1812-1837 425
Index 437
INTRODUCTION TO THE
HISTORY OF THE INDEPENDENTS
OR CONGREGATION ALISTS
THE Western Counties have for generations been a stronghold
of Nonconformity, and those towns in the West which
were stirred up and affected by the Civil War or the
Monmouth Rebellion, retain to this day a firm adhesion to the
faith of those of their fathers who sided with Cromwell or with
Monmouth. To unfold the history of Nonconformity in any
western town is to reveal the lives of those who fought fiercely
for the beliefs that were in them, and to bring into the light
6 vill age Hampdens ' and other heroic characters. No one will deny
that these belong to the salt of the earth.
Every one who knows Wellington, and who can look back even one
generation, is well aware how permanent an element in the town is
the strong love of independent thought in matters of religion, and
those who care to investigate more deeply the history of the place will
find that the same feelings and sympathies have dominated right
back to 1662, the date of the Act of Uniformity. As one who has
with singleness of purpose tried to gather together historical facts
relating to the history of Wellington, and to see such data in their
right proportion, I now offer to the town an historical narrative of
that part played by the section of the Dissenters first known as
Presbyterians and then as Independents.
It is with a desire to do justice to the position of the Dissenters
in Wellington that I am devoting at least three sections of this
book to their history, and as the Independents are the oldest,
I allot to them the first of the three parts and record what I have
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discovered in connection with their history. I have no ' axe to grind '
in this or any other part of the book. I only wish to place per-
manently on record what is discoverable by means of research
respecting the inhabitants of the town, and in this particular section
of my book to note the development of the Independents and
their cause, and to give biographical details of the ministers
and of any others who reached eminence in their particular
callings.
The Independents in Wellington started at or soon after the
enforcement of the Act of Uniformity in 1662. By that Act the
Reverend Joseph Alleine, of St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, was
ejected ; but he continued to preach at Taunton and in the neigh-
bourhood, including Wellington. It is known that in 1666 a
warrant was issued for the arrest of Alleine for preaching to Dis-
senters in a dyer's house at Wellington, where he resided. To the
meetings held by Alleine should be ascribed the beginnings of
Independency at Wellington.
In 1669, or before, many other ejected ministers combined to
work certain districts in turn, and at the above date (1669) meetings
were held at Wellington and West Buckland in the houses of
Daniel Lock and the ' Widow Mar." The ministers were Benjamin
Berry, George Binden, Samuel Stodden, Robert Drake, John Hill,
John Gardner, and John Hardridge. All honour to these pious
founders, particulars of whose lives are found herein.
In 1672 the Presbyterians (as they then called themselves) of
Wellington had a stated minister, one Timothy Batt, who obtained
a licence to preach to them in John Norman's house, then known
as the Old Court House, and in the house of Daniel Lock, the
exact situation of which is not now known. Here I may allude to
the interesting fact that from Timothy Batt's time the Independents
have held services at no time more than a few yards from where
they now are. First, as I have said, in the old Court House nearly
opposite the present chapel. Next in a building on the site or
just behind the ' Three Cups ' Inn, and then after some difference
with the landlord of the 4 Three Cups,1 James Perry, a member
of a family honourably associated with the history of the town
for centuries, by deed dated 18th July, 1728, gave the site upon
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which a 1 meeting-house 1 was to be erected. Here the old chapel
was built and stood until the new one was put up in 1860-61.
A study of the lives of the various ministers will reveal many
curious and diverse characteristics. There is the persistent courage
and zeal of the eminent Joseph Alleine, who suffered imprisonment
and much sickness for conscience1 sake. Then there is the roving life
of Timothy Batt, who seemed unable to hold any one living for many
years in succession. Malachi Blake, hitherto considered the founder of
the Church, but now known not to have had that honour, was actively
mixed up in the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. There is a pathetic
ending to Humphrey Berry's ministry, 4 he died at an advanced age . . .
his ministry had been protracted too far beyond the period of mental
or physical vigour.' With these must be contrasted that luminary of
the eighteenth century, Risdon Darracott, friend of George Whitefield
and Philip Doddridge, who with flaming zeal delivered his message in
Wellington for eighteen years, 1741-1759. Darracott roused the
Church from the lethargy produced by the aged Humphrey Berry.
Joseph Chadwick had a bad beginning, for his tutor declined to be
present at his ordination because he refused to meet those who
showed leanings towards Unitarianism. Joseph Chadwick himself
was suspected of the same doctrines, and on these grounds the
Independent Fund declined to grant him any monetary assistance.
John Giles, who succeeded Joseph Chadwick, posed at first as a
Royalist, but afterwards, upon going to America, he became a red-hot
Republican, and condemned his native country with much bitterness.
The greatest trouble to the Church appears to have been caused by
Thomas Parish, who, besides causing a split in the Church, behaved
in such an overbearing manner that the remnant of the congregation
presented a petition to the trustees to have him removed. After the
removal of Mr. Parish peace reigned under his successors, Tyerman,
Lewis, Bannister, and Cuff. Then came the ministry of William
Winlaw, when the Church was again disturbed by factions that led
to the resignation of Mr. Winlaw under circumstances of excitement.
Under his successor, James Le Couteur, unanimity again prevailed ;
the old church was demolished and a new one, the present building^
erected. Davison, Courtnall, and Blake, who succeeded Mr. Le
Couteur, ministered for a few years each. Mr. Joyce, the present
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minister, has taken an active interest in local matters, and during his
ministry many alterations and improvements have been effected in the
church. Biographical details of all the ministers have been given?
and are the result of considerable research.
There is a section of the book about which I wish to say a little.
I regret that the Registers are not more complete. From 1728, the
date when the old chapel was built and a burial-ground acquired,
there must have been at some time a register kept. What I print
are Births and Baptisms from 1786-1837, and Burials from 1812-
1837. They are extracted from the original Registers now lodged
at Somerset House. In reference to these it is regrettable to perceive
that so much carelessness was shown in keeping them. The dates
of christening in several cases appear earlier than the dates of
birth ! Some of these occurrences have been called attention to in
footnotes.
I wish to say, finally, how much I am indebted to kind friends
for help, though assistance has not been forthcoming from quarters
where one would expect it to have been given. The present minister,
the Rev. G. W. Joyce, has not answered any of my letters, and I
may say that he is a solitary instance throughout the course of my
experience of the refusal by a minister to assist a humble student
of the history of the church over which he presides. To Mr.
W. W. S. Johnson, of the British Museum, I cannot express my
gratitude sufficiently, and to Mrs. Miller, of Topsham, a daughter
of the Rev. William Cuff, and to Mr. James Gosnell I am also
indebted for much kindness.
A. L. H.
January, 1913.
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DATES OF SOME IMPORTANT
EVENTS
1662, August 24. St. Bartholomew's Day, when the 6 Ad of
Uniformity ' caused the ejectment of about 2000 ministers for
Non-Conformity.
1666, March 24. 4 Five Mile Act' came into force. Joseph Alleine,
a Presbyterian minister, in this year resided at Wellington for
a time and preached there in a dyer's house.
1668. Joseph Alleine, the first recorded Presbyterian preacher at
Wellington, died at Bath, 17 November.
1669. The following Presbyterian ministers were known to preach at
Wellington at the house of Daniel Lock : — Benjamin Berry,
George Binden, Samuel Stodden, or Stadden, Robert Drake,
John Hill, John Gardner, James Hardridge, or Hadderidge.
1672, March 15. ' Declaration of Indulgence ' issued by Charles II.
1672, May. Timothy Batt obtained a licence to be a teacher to a
Congregation of Presbyterians meeting at Wellington in John
Norman's house (the Old Court house), and Daniel Lock's house.
1685, June and July. Monmouth Rebellion.
1687, April 4. 'Declaration of Indulgence1 issued by James II.
1688, Landing of William, Prince of Orange, and flight of
James II.
1689, May 24. 'Toleration Act' received the assent of William III.
1689, July 16. Licence granted for meetings to be held at the
house of James ' Giffard.1 James Gilford at this period w as the
owner of premises afterwards known as the 'Three Cups Inn/
1689-1705. Malachi Blake was probably pastor of the Presbyterians
at Wellington about this period. He died in 1705.
1705-1741. Humphrey Berry was pastor during the major portion
of this period. It is certain he was pastor from 1715 to 1741.
The Congregation met somewhere behind the ' Three Cups Inn 1
until 1728 or 1730.
313 A A
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
1728. Trouble arising from the attitude of the landlord of the
4 Three Cups Inn ' James Perry, by deed dated 18 July, 1728,
gave the site on which a meeting house was to be erected, on
which site now stands the present Congregational Chapel in
Fore Street.
1730. New Presbyterian meeting house opened for public service.
1741. Death of Humphrey Berry.
1741-1759. Risdon Darracott, pastor.
1743, October 22. George Whitefield preached.
1747, December 25. Trust deed by which Robert Pyne granted an
annuity of £4 to be paid to each successive pastor of the
* Protestant Presbyterian Dissenters ' of Wellington.
1748, Chapel enlarged.
1749, August 15. George Whitefield preached at Wellington.
1750, February. George Whitefield again visited Wellington and
stayed with Mr. Darracott. It was when describing this visit to
Lady Huntingdon that Whitefield named Darracott as 4 the Star
in the West/
1751, March. Wellington again visited by George Whitefield.
1 752, Benjamin Fawcett of Kidderminster acted as pastor for a time
while Darracott filled his place at Kidderminster.
1759, March 14. Death of Mr. Darracott.
1759, April 15. Darracotfs funeral sermon preached by Benjamin
Fawcett.
1759-1767. Jeremiah Field, pastor. He died 27th April, 1767.
1767-1777. Richard Parminter, pastor.
1772, October 19. Deed of Assignment, concerning the chapel.
1776, June 20. Trust deed. Lands known as Cordings vested in
trustees, the proceeds to be used for the repairing of the
chapel.
1777, December. Richard Parminter left.
1778-1785. Joseph Chadwick, pastor.
1786-1795. John Giles, pastor.
1795-1799 (?). Thomas Parish, pastor.
1799. Petition to the Trustees to cause Mr. Parish to be expelled
from his pastorate.
1800-1804 (?). Daniel Tyerman, pastor.
1802, October 14. New Trust deed concerning Cordings.
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DATES OF SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS.
1802, November 29. Will of William Prick man, who bequeathed
£20, to trustees, for the use of the minister of the Presbyterian
Meeting house.
1805-7 (?) William Lewis, pastor.
1807-1812. William Bannister, pastor.
1812-1845. John Harcombe Cuff, pastor.
1813, September 8. Ordination service of J. H. Cuff.
1815, August 31. Trust deed concerning a plot of land at Chelston
Heathfield, the profits thereof to be used for repairing the
Meeting house in Wellington.
1826, December 18. An Assignment from Messrs. Fox and others to
Mr. Nott.
1829, January 1. Trust deed concerning tenement called Berry's in
Mantle Street and Bowermaifs Lane. The rents and profits
thereof to be paid to the pastor for the time being, or towards
the repair of the Meeting house, or the school house about to be
erected.
1829, February 23. Trust deed concerning two cottages, &c, in
Bowerman's Lane. The rents, &c, to be paid to the pastor for
the time being for his benefit, or for the repairing of the
Meeting house, or the school house about to be erected.
1832, September 19. Trust deed concerning land and the chapel at
Wrangway.
1837, August. The chapel registered for solemnizing marriages.
1838, April 28. First marriage celebrated in the chapel since the
new Act authorised it.
1839, March 17. Mr. Cuff first preached at Nynehead.
1839, October 15. New chapel at Nynehead opened.
1840, July 30. Ford Street Chapel opened.
1840, September 18. Trust deed concerning a piece of ground
between the ' Squirrel Inn 1 and the burial ground belonging to
the Independent Meeting house.
1844, February 24. Trust deed concerning property in Mantle
Street.
1845, May 25. Chapel closed for repairs.
1845, October 29. Death of Mr. Cuff.
1846-1850. William Winlaw, pastor. Ordination service, 19 May,
1846.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
1846, July 5. Sunday School struck by lightning ; fourteen children
struck, one killed.
1850, August 7. Large meeting at the Town Hall to make a pre-
sentation to Mr. Winlaw, and endeavours made to persuade him
not to resign.
1851-1869. James Le Couteur, pastor.
1851, January. Monthly observance of the Lord's Supper instituted.
1854, October 2. Trust deed appointing new trustees concerning
a rent charge of £4t.
1860, May 4. Foundation stone of the new chapel and schoolrooms
laid.
1861, June 26. New chapel and schoolrooms opened.
1861, July 25. New chapel registered for solemnizing marriages.
1862. John Nott's legacy of ^200 for the school at Wrangway.
1865, New organ erected.
1866, June 6. Trust deed appointing new trustees for property in
Bowerman's Lane and Mantle Street.
1867, May 25. Trust deed appointing new trustees.
1869, December 28. Death of Mr. Le Couteur.
1870-1873. P. He wart Davison, pastor.
1873-1879. William Courtnall, pastor.
1873. Restrictions placed on burials in the chapel and burial
ground.
1880-1884. Wm. Moody Blake, pastor.
1883, December 21. Trust deed executed.
1885-. George Wm. Joyce, pastor.
1892. Structural alterations and repairs to the chapel, position of
the organ altered.
1910. Chapel renovated and organ enlarged.
1911, October 20. Jubilee of the present Chapel and Sunday
School celebrated.
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THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
AND ITS MINISTERS
THE Congregational Church, Fore Street, Wellington, during
its long history has been known by various names. In the
early days of nonconformity, meetings for worship not held in
conformity with the Established Church were not referred to by
denominational names. The meetings for worship held at various
places in Somerset by Joseph Alleine, a Presbyterian minister who
preached at Wellington, were called, at his trial in 1663, ' Seditious
meetings, by reason whereof the King and the Council are in many
fears,1 1 and the preachers were accused of holding ' unlawful riotous
and seditious assemblies.1 2 In 1669 when an Episcopal return was
made of the nonconformist meetings held in Somerset, the meetings
were not named according to their denomination, but were referred to
as 4 Conventicles 1 no matter what their beliefs may have been, although
the preachers at Wellington were known to be of the Presbyterian
persuasion. In 1672 the meeting at Wellington was referred to as a
1 Congregation of the Presbyterian Judgment.1 This Congregation
retained the name of Presbyterian for a long period. The Trust deed
dated 25 December, 1747, refers to this church as 4 The Congrega-
tion of Protestant Presbyterian Dissenters,1 and in 1795 the Congre-
gation were calling themselves 6 Protestant Dissenters meeting for
religious worship at the Independent Presbyterian Meeting hoi^e/
In a deed dated 31 August, 1815, the chapel is referred to as the
4 Dissenting Presbyterian Meeting House,1 and deeds dated 1 Jan-
uary and 23 February, 1829, refer to the 4 Dissenting Presbyterian
Meeting House now commonly called Independent Meeting House.1
A deed dated 19 September, 1832, refers to the 4 Presbyterian
or Independent 1 meeting house in Fore Street, and in 1837 the
chapel was registered for marriages under the title of 4 Independent
Chapel.1 A deed dated 18 September, 1840, refers to this Con-
gregation as 4 The Congregation of Protestant Dissenters called
Presbyterians more frequently now called Independents of Welling-
ton.' Apparently by 1844 the term 4 Presbyterian 1 had been com-
pletely discarded, for a deed dated 24 February, 1844, refers to
1 Stanford's Joseph Alleine, p. -24.
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3 Ibid. 229,
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
1 The Independent (formerly called Presbyterian) Meeting House in
Wellington."1 In 1861 the present chapel was registered for marriages
as the 6 Congregational Independent Chapel. '
From the foregoing we perceive that the present Congregational
Church of Wellington is the descendant of those sturdy Presby-
terians, who, when the 'Act of Uniformity1 was passed in 1662, found
that they could not conscientiously conform to the rules and
ceremonies of the ' Book of Common Prayer ' and thereupon left then-
parish churches, and in defiance of the various 'Conventicle Acts'
passed to suppress them, held their meetings in private houses, barns,
or any other place where they could meet in secret to worship as
their consciences directed, and thereby risked, and many suffered,
fines, imprisonment, and persecution, which often ended in ruin,
suffering, and death.
The conditions under which the early Nonconformists held their
meetings, their fear of discovery, prove somewhat detrimental to the
historian who is seeking for precise information concerning the early
history of an early Nonconformist Church, as the danger that would
arise from the keeping of records and registers of such meetings would
almost effectually prevent such records being made. Therefore it is
not to be wondered at that the early history of the Nonconformist
Presbyterians of Wellington cannot be shown with any great degree
of preciseness and continuity.
One of the effects of the ' Act of Uniformity ' was to cause the
ejectment of about 2000 ministers from their livings in the Church
of England, because of their refusal to conform to the demands
of that Act. A large number of the ministers so ejected refused to
be silenced, and they continued to preach and teach wherever they
could gather together a meeting. They tried to carry on their
ministerial labours in the parishes in which they had held office and
in the country surrounding. Many of them appeared to work in
groups and worked certain districts between them, so that many
towns and villages holding secret Conventicles had a change of
ministers and were not confined to the services of one.1
There is no doubt, as will be presently shown, that the Pres-
byterians of Wellington held secret Conventicles after the passing of
the ' Act of Uniformity,1 and that they were held under the auspices
of various ministers. Up to the present the earliest authentic record
that I have been able to discover refers to meetings held by the Rev.
Joseph Alleine, a Presbyterian2 minister, in 1666.
1 Compare the names of the preachers and the places at which they held Con-
venticles as given in the Episcopal Returns, 1669, for the Diocese of Bath and Wells,
printed in G. L. Turner's Original Records, 1911, i. 5-12.
8 Joseph Alleine at his trial in 1663 claimed, in his defence, that he had done
nothing but what belonged to his duty as a minister ordained by the Presbytery.
(C. Stanford's Life of Alleine, pp. 234-5.)
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Joseph Alleine, son of Tobie Alleine, of Devizes, was born at
Devizes in 1634. He desired to enter the ministry and in April,
1649, he entered Lincoln College, Oxford. He obtained his degree of
B.D. 6 July, 1653. In 1654 he declined enticing offers to serve in
the State. In 1655 the Rev. George Newton, Vicar of St. Mary
Magdalen, Taunton, desired him to become his assistant, and he
accepted. He married Theodosia, daughter of Richard Alleine,
parson of Batcombe, Somerset, 4 October, 1655. After two yearn
of married life his wife undertook to keep a school in Taunton, which
proved a great success. In 1662 Joseph Alleine declined to accede to
the demands of the ' Act of Uniformity,1 whereupon he was ejected
from his post. However, he refused to remain silent, and went
about the surrounding district preaching and teaching wherever he
could gather people together to hear him. He continued this work
from St. Bartholomew's Day, 24 August, 1662, until the May fol-
lowing. His wife says, 1 Though often threatened, yet he was never
interrupted, though the people both of the town and country were
grown so resolute that they came in great multitudes, at whatever
season the meeting was appointed ; very seldom missing twice a
Sabbath, and often in the week. I know that he hath preached
fourteen times in eight days, and ten often, and six or seven ordinarily
in these months, at home and abroad, besides his frequent converse
with souls.'1 He was arrested on the 23 May, 1663, and tried for
breaking the 'Act of Uniformity , and for his preaching. He was
found guilty at the Assizes, and fined 100 marks and to ' lie in
jayle1 until it was paid.2 He was imprisoned in Ilchester gaol until
May, 1664, but upon his release he resumed immediately his preach-
ing. He became very ill in August, 1664, and lost the use of his
arms from October, 1664, to April, 1665. He went to Devizes to
recruit his health in the summer of 1665, and then returned to
Taunton. His weakness returned the following winter, but in spite
of this, and although he was often threatened and warrants were
issued for his arrest, he continued to preach at various place>.
In October, 1665, the 'Five Miles Act1 was passed, and came into
force on the 24 March, 1666. As Joseph Alleine refused to take the
oath in accordance with this Act he was forced to leave Taunton,
and 'He moved to a place called Wellington, which is reckoned rive
miles from Taunton, to a dyer's house in a very obscure place where
he preached on the Lord's Day, as he was able. But the vigilant eyes
of his old adversarys were so watchful over him, that they soon found
him out, and resolved to take him thence, and had put a warrant into
the constable's hand to apprehend him, and sent for our friend, and
threatened to send him to gaol for entertaining such persons in his
house. So my husband returned to the house of Mr. John Mallack,
1 Life of Alleine, by his widow, 1672, p. 53. - C. Stanford, Joseph Alleine, p. m.
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a merchant, who lived about a mile from Taunton, who had long
solicited him to take his house for his home.'' 1
The questions here naturally arise, where was the dyer's house
situated ? and who was the friend that risked so much by allowing an
illegal gathering of Nonconformists presided over by an ejected
minister to take place in his house ? Unfortunately, to the best of
my knowledge, satisfactory answers to these questions have not been
forthcoming.
Concerning the situation of the ' dyer's house/ Charles Stanford
in his life of Alleine says : ' Attempts lately made to identify the
place by the help of tradition have all failed,1 2 and he further adds
4 Even had he [Mr. Alleine] been silent he would not have been safe,
for it was thought that the house in which he lodged was not quite
five miles from Taunton,5 3 and he gives the following reason : 4 The
two towns are nearly seven miles apart ; but the parish of Hill
Bishops [or Bishops Hull] joins that of Taunton, and lies between it
and Wellington. Mr. Newton was minister of both parishes, the
duties of the former being chiefly performed by a chaplain, Mr. N.
Charlton. Having been Mr. Newton's assistant, Mr. Alleine's
ministry was regarded as having had the same parochial extent ; and
the informer probably contended that from the limit of Hill Bishops
the outermost parish, to the house at which he lodged on this side of
Wellington, there was not quite five miles space.14
Who was the 'dyer1 who entertained Alleine at his house in
Wellington in 1666 ? This interesting question in the history of the
Presbyterian Church of Wellington still remains unanswered, but we
do know that Presbyterian meetings were held in 1669 at the houses
of Daniel Lock and the widow Mar,5 and in 1672 in the house of
Daniel Lock and at John Norman's house called the ' Old Court
House.1 Can the dyer's house be identified with one of these ? more
especially with a house belonging to the Norman family. It is
significant in connection with the history of the Presbyterian Church
in Wellington that Joseph Alleine was very intimate with the
Norman family, the Norman family was allied by marriage with the
Blake family at this period, and the founding of the Presbyterian
Church at Wellington has been ascribed to Malachi Blake, who was
related to the famous Admiral Blake. A few words explanatory of
the connection is here necessary.
The Rev. John Norman who was ejected from St. Mary's, Bridg-
water, was a very intimate friend and companion of Alleine's. He
had been acquainted with Alleine at Oxford, and Alleine's wife,
Theodosia, called him 4 My brother Norman 1 because, it is said, her
1 Life of Alleine, by his widow, 1(572, p. 64,
- Joseph Alleine, by C. Stanford, 1861, p. 321. ! Ibid. 321-3. 4 tbid, 322.
5 Probably Mcvre, Meare, or Metre family.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
sister had been his first wife.1 John Norman was imprisoned at
Ilchester gaol at the same time as Mr. Alleine.2 He married, as his
second wife, a daugher of Humphrey Blake (nephew of the famous
Admiral Blake) who emigrated to Carolina because of the persecution
he was subjected to for being a Nonconformist." John Norman died
in January, 1668, and was buried at Bridgwater, 9 February, 1668.
The above few notes on John Norman is strong presumptive
evidence that Alleine was well acquainted with the Norman and
Blake families and it is not presuming too much to conclude that the
John Norman of the Old Court House of Wellington was connected
with Alleine\s friend, John Norman of Bridgwater. In 1680, a John
Norman4 described as a 'clothier1 was resident in Wellington.
Although there is a strong probability that a member of the Norman
family may have offered Alleine in 1666 an asylum in Wellington
we must wait for further evidence to decide who was the 4 dyer 1 that
befriended him.
Although 1666 is the earliest date so far produced referring to
the existence of meetings of Presbyterians at Wellington, we must
not assume that none were held before that year. It is very probable
that secret meetings were held, when possible, from the time of the
enforcement of the ' Act of Uniformity1 in 1662, and were conducted
by Alleine or other ministers, for we find from Alleine's biographv that
he and other ministers went about the country preaching and teach-
ing at these unlawful Conventicles. Among the ministers who went
about preaching in Somersetshire at this period was John Weslev, the
grandfather of the founder of Methodism, who from March to May,
1663, preached almost every day, dividing his time between Mr.
Alleine's people at Taunton and Mr. Norman's at Bridgwater.5
After giving up his house at Wellington, Mr. Alleine went to
John Mallack's house at Fullands, but many friends wanted him. so
he went from one house to another staying a fortnight or longer, but
he looked upon Mr. Mallack's house as his home. On the 10 July,
1666, many friends gathered at Mr. Mallack's house to take leave of
Mr. Alleine before he departed for the 6 waters,1 when the house was
invaded by the Justices and they were all charged to appear before
the Justices at the Castle Tavern, Taunton, next day. Mr. Alleine
with seven other ministers and forty other persons were committed to
Ivelchester prison.0 After his release in 1667 he spent some time at
Devizes, Dorchester, Taunton, and Bath, undergoing a great deal of
suffering from his ill-health, and he died at Bath, 17 November, 166S.
He was buried in the chancel of Taunton St. Mary Magdalen, and
1 Stanford's Joseph Alleine, p. 102. 1 Life of Alleine, 167 .?, pp. 56, 58.
3 Stanford's Joseph Alleine, p. 359. 4 See p. 54 of this work.— Will of Mary
6 Stanford's Joseph Alleine, p. 509. Howson*
6 Life of Alleine, 1672, pp. 64-6.
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
the Rev. George Newton preached his funeral sermon, which was
published.
Alleine was of a very studious nature, and was well known for his
liberality ; he exerted himself very much to visit the rich to procure
maintenance for nonconforming ministers that were in want.1 He
was very keen on visiting the families, systematically, in his parish,
and gave much time to the catechising of children concerning their
knowledge of religion. He was a firm believer in prayer and self-
examination, and allotted several hours a day for this exercise.2 His
wife said of him that when in health * he rose constantly about four
a'clock in the morning, and sooner on the Sabbaths if he did wake.
From four till eight he spent in prayer, meditation, and singing of
Psalms. . . . Then having refreshed himself about the space of half-an-
hour, he went to family duties, and after that, to his study till about
eleven or twelve a'clock. Having refreshed himself a while after
dinner he retired into his study to secret prayer, and then went
abroad amongst those families which he was to visit, to whom he
always gave notice the day before. He went forth about two o'clock,
and seldom returned before seven. He would often say, u Give me
that Christian that accounts his time more precious than Gold." 1 2
Joseph Alleine was the author of several popular works, a list of
which is given in Joseph Alleine, by Charles Stanford, London,
1851, pp. 393-5. See also the General Catalogue of the British
Museum. Among them may be mentioned :
An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners, 1671, 8vo. of which about
20,000 copies were sold. It was afterwards republished as A Sure
Guide to Heaven, of which 50,000 copies were sold.
A Call to Archippus, 1664. 4to.
Explanation of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, 1664. 12mo.
Divers Practical Cases of Conscience judiciously solved, 1671.
The Remains of. . . Joseph Alleine, being a Collection of Sundry
Directions, Sermons, Speeches, Letters, not heretofore published.
1672.
There are several biographies extant of Joseph Alleine, the most
important being :
Life and Death of Joseph Alleine [partly written by his widow
Theodosia Alleine, with an Introduction by Richard Baxter],
London, 1672.
Memoirs of the Life of Joseph A Heine, published by the American
Sunday School Union, Philadelphia, 1829.
Joseph Alleine ; his Companions and Times, a memorial of 1 Black
Bartholomew," 1662, by Charles Stanford, London, 1851.
1 S. Clarke, Lives of Eminent Persons, 1683, p. 141. - Ibid. p. 157,
322
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Dictionary of National Biography.
Nonconformists Memorial, by Edmund Calamv, London, 1802-3,
vol. iii. 206-11.
Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons in the later age, by Samuel
Clark, London, 1683, folio, pp. 138-160.
A Sermon preached at the Fnneral of Mr. Joseph A Heine, by Mr.
George Newton, late minister of Taunton in Somersetshire, London.
1672.
We have seen that Presbyterian meetings were held in Welling-
ton in 1666. The next authenticated evidence that we have of such
meetings is dated 1669. In that year, in response to instructions
issued by Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, returns were
made by the various dioceses concerning the number of Noncon-
formists, where the Conventicles were held, and who were the
preachers or teachers discovered in each diocese. These returns are
known as the ' Episcopal Returns for 1669,' and are preserved in the
Lambeth Palace Library, being vol. 639 of the Tenison Manuscripts.
They are also printed in G. L. Turner's Original Records of Early
Nonconformity, London, 1911, vol. i. In these returns it is reported
that 4 Conventicles 1 were held at Wellington and Buckland at the
houses of Daniel Lock and the widow Mar, and that the teachers or
preachers were Mr. Berry, Mr. Binden, Mr. Stadden, Mr. Drake, Mr.
Hill, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Hardridge, and that the frequenters of
these Conventicles numbered four hundred.1 All the above named
were Presbyterian ministers who had been ejected from their livings for
nonconformity, and I have no doubt that the following biographical
notes concerning these early preachers to the Presbyterians of
Wellington will prove of interest, inasmuch as they must be num-
bered among those who in the days of persecution helped to gather
and keep together the congregation, the founders of the present
Congregational Church of Wellington.
Benjamin Berry, matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford,
19 November, 1650, he was a chorister of Magdalen College,
1650-4, and obtained his B.A. 18 June, 1652. He was ejected as
a nonconformist from his living at Mary Tavy, or Huxham, Devon,
on St. Bartholomew's Day, 1662, and was also cast out of Trull,
Somerset. For some time he was at Topsham.2 In the ' Episcopal
Returns1 for 1669 Mr. Berry is entered as being a teacher or preacher
at Conventicles held at the houses of Daniel Lock and the widow
Mar in Wellington and Buckland, also at Pitminster, Dulverton, and
Brushford in Somerset, and at Cruse Morehead and Crediton in
1 G. L. Turner, Original Records of Early Nonconformity \ London, 191 1, vol. i. .5.
1 Foster, Alumni Oxon. Calamy, Nonconf Mem., 1WV?, ii. 51.
323
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Devon.1 In 1672, after the 4 Declaration of Indulgence,' he applied
for a licence to preach at his own house and that of Tho. Sheers in
Exon, and also to be a teacher to people of the 'Presbyterian Judg-
ment 1 in Trull.2 He was also one of the nonconformist ministers
in Devon who signed The Grateful Acknowledgment, 22 March,
1671-2, to Charles II. for his 4 Declaration of Indulgence dated
March 15, 167 J.1 3 His funeral sermon was preached by Mr. George
Trosse.4
George Binden, or Binoox, son of George of Hillfarrance, matri-
culated at Oxford, Lincoln College, 27 March, 1640, aged 18; B.xY.
from Brasenose College, 12 October, 1643.5 A person of this name
subscribed to the Attestation in 1648 as preacher at Angersleigh.
He had a wide knowledge of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, and
Syriac, and taught at a school at Staplegrove. He was ejected
for nonconformity from his chapel at Wilton, Somerset.6 In the
4 Episcopal Returns' for 1669, besides being a preacher at Wellington
and Buckland, he is also entered as holding Conventicles at West
Monckton and places adjacent, Taunton Magdalen, and at his own
house at Staplegrove.7 In 1672 he applied for and obtained (8 May,
1672) a licence to preach to Presbyterians at Culmstock, Devon,8
and also obtained a licence (10 August, 1672) to preach in his house
at Staplegrove.9
Samuel Stodden, or Stadden, matriculated at Oxford, Lincoln
College, 25 July, 1655. 10 He was ejected for nonconformity from
Buckland, Somerset ; after which it is thought that he practised
physic.11 In the 4 Episcopal Returns' for 1669 he is mentioned as
a preacher or teacher at Conventicles held at Wellington and Buck-
land.12 In 1672 he applied for and obtained a licence to preach to
Presbyterians at Woodberry, Devon.13 He was one of the noncon-
formist ministers of Devon who signed the 4 Grateful Acknowledg-
ment,' 22 March, 1671-2, to Charles II. for his 4 Declaration of
Indulgence.' 11 His funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Walrond of
Ottery.15
He was the author of several works, i.e., An Essay on a Question
relating to Divine Worship, London, 1682, 4to. The Pastors
Charge ; and the People's Duty. Preached at the Assembly of
1 G. L. Turner, Original Records of Nonconformity, i. 5, 6, 8, 42, 44.
2 lhid. i. 220, 294, 304, 342, 378, 428, 485, 595, 613. 3 Ibid. 195-6.
4 Calamy, ii. 51. 5 Foster, Alumni Oxon.
6 Calamy, Nonconf. Mem., 1802-3, iii. 225.
7 G. L. Turner, Original Records, &c. , i. 5, 6.
8 lhid. i. 312, 313, 314, 345, 467. 9 Ibid. 520, 549.
1(1 Foster, Alumni Oxon. 11 Calamy, Nonconf. Mem., 1802-3, iii. 178.
12 G. L. Turner, Original R<-n>r<h, i. 5. 18 lhid. i. 205, 218, 233, 247, 292, 457.
11 lhid. i. 195-6. ' 15 Calamy, Nonconf. Mem., iii. 178.
324
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Ministers at Exon, June 1th, 1693, London, 1694, 12mo. Gemitus
Sanctorum ; or the Saint's Groans for Deliverance, Sermons, §c.
1702. An Answer to Mr. Burscough, of Schism. TJie Voice of the
Rod. &c, &c.
A portrait of Samuel Stoclden appears in Calamy's Nonconformist \?
Memorial, London, 1803, iii. 178.
Robert Drake. A person of this name was created B.A. Oxford,
from Pembroke College, 15 April, 1648, compounded for the first
fruits of the rectory of West Monckton, Somerset, in Decern ber,
1657, ejected from West Monckton for nonconformity in 1662, and
was buried at Pitminster, 21 March, 1688-9.1
In the 'Episcopal Returns1 for 1669 he is returned as being a
preacher or teacher at Conventicles held at Wellington and Buckland,
West Monckton and the places adjacent, also at Pitminster.- In
1672, after the 6 Declaration of Indulgence,1 he applied for and
obtained (16 April, 1672) a licence to preach to Presbyterians at
the house of Peter Southwood in the parish of [West] Buckland in
Somersetshire.3
Mr. Hill, who preached to the Presbyterians of Wellington and
Buckland in 1669, was probably the same person as John Hill,' son
of Guy of Bristol, matriculated at Oxford, 25 November, 1631,
aged 18. In 1637 he was licensed to preach at Wraxall ; he was
vicar of Bitton, Glouc, 1637, in 1643 of Elburton, Glouc, until
ejected for loyalty. He was rector of Langridge, near Bath, in 1645,
and in the same year of El worthy, Somerset, where he was ejected for
not taking the covenant, vicar of North Newington, Wilts, 1649,
and of Hewish, Somerset, 1650, rector of Newton Ferrers, Devon,
1652-61, and was forced to resign, when he went to Exeter. In the
4 Episcopal Returns1 for 1669 he is entered as a preacher or teacher
at Wellington and Buckland, Somerset.5 In 1672 John Hill applied
for and obtained licences to be a teacher to the Presbyterian> of
Dulverton and Staplegrove.6 He died at Newton Abbot and was
buried in the chancel at Woolborough.7
Mr. Gardner, who preached to the Presbyterians of Wellington
and Buckland in 1669,8 was probably the same person as John
Gardner,9 son of John of 4 St. James, Somerset,1 who matriculated at
Oxford, New Inn Hall, 9 July, 1641, aged 17. A certain John
Gardner, or Gardener, was ejected from the chapelry of Staplegrove,
1 Foster, Alumni Oxon. ; Calamy, Nonconf. Mem., 1803, iii. 203.
2 G. L. Turner, Original Records, 1911, i. 5, 6. ■ Ibid. i. 233, 433.
4 G. L. Turner, Original Records, &c, 1911, ii. 1102. Foster, Alumni Oxon.
Calamy, Nonconf. Mem., 180-2-3, ii. 54 ; iii. 190.
5 G. L. Turner, Original Records, i. 5. 6 Ibid. i. 343, 404, 505, 514.
7 Foster, Alumni Oxon. Calamy, Nonconf. Mem., ii. 54-5.
8 G. L. Turner, Original Records, &c\, 1911, i. 5. a Foster, Alumni Oxon.
3-25
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Somerset, in 1(>()2 for nonconformity.1 In the 'Episcopal Returns'1
for 1669 he is returned as preaching to the Presbyterians at Welling-
ton and Buckland, West Monckton and the places adjoining, and at
the houses of John Gardner and George Bindon at Staplegrove.2 In
lb'72 he is described as being of Bridgwater, when he applied for and
was granted a licence (19 April, 1672) to preach to the Presby-
terians in any licensed place.3
Mr. Hardmdge, one of the preachers to the Presbyterians at
Wellington and Buckland in 1669, was probably the same person as
James Hadderidge who was ejected from the Rectory of Halberton,
Devon.1 In the i Episcopal Returns1 for 1665,6 it is mentioned that
in spite of his ejection he still remained at Halberton, and was still
seditious and held Conventicles. In the 4 Episcopal Returns' for
1 669 (; he is referred to as 1 Mr. Hardridge,1 who held Conventicles at
Wellington and Buckland, and as 'James Haddridge,' who preached
at Collompton, Devon. In 1672, 22 March, James Hadderidge
was one of the nonconformist ministers in Devon who signed the
1 Grateful Acknowledgment1 to Charles II. for the 'Declaration of
Indulgence.1 7 In April, 1672, he obtained licences to preach to
Presbyterians in his own house and Wm. Chave's house in Halberton. 8
TIMOTHY BATT (about 1672).
The next tangible evidence that we have of the existence of a
Presbyterian Congregation at Wellington is authenticated by a
preacher's licence granted to Timothy Batt to preach at Wellington
in 1672.
At this period it was still a dangerous proceeding for any one to
hold a nonconformist meeting. Nevertheless many meetings were
held, and the efforts made to coerce people into belonging to, and
attending, the Established Church did not tend to a peaceful reign for
Charles II., therefore he issued his famous ' Declaration of Indulgence,''
a few extracts from which will not be out of place here.
' Charles R. His Matits Declaration to all his Loveing Subjects :
Our care and Endeavours for the preservation of the Rights and
Interests of the Church have been sufficiently manifested to the
World by the whole course of Our Government since Our happy
Restatiracion, and by the many and frequent waves of Coercion that
wee have used for reduceing all erring or dissenting persons, and for
1 Calamy, Nonconf. Mem., 180-2-3, iii. 205.
" G. L. Turner, (h'iginal Record*, 1911, i. 5, (>. ; /hid. i. ?Mi, 939, 251, 489.
4 Calamy, Nonconf! Menu, 1802-3, ii. 40.
6 G. H. Turner, Oriqinal Record^ 1911, i. 179, 186.
fi Ibid. i. 5, 43. 7'JbUi. i. 195-6.
8 Ibid. i. 217, 233, 241, 247, 248, 433, 441.
326
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
composeing the unhappy differences in matters of Religion, which
Wee found among Our Subjects upon Our Returne. But it being
evident by the sad experience of twelve yeares that there is very
little fruite of all those forceable Courses, Wee thinke Our Selfe
oblidged to make use of that Supreame Power in Ecclesiastic-all
Matters which is not onely inherent in Us, but hath been declared
and Recognized to be soe by severall Statutes and Acts of Parliament ;
And therefore Wee doe now accordingly issue this our Declaration
.... for preventing for the future the danger that might otherwise
arise from Private Meetings and Seditious Conventicles. . . .
4 We doe in the next place Declare Our Will and Pleasure to bee,
That the Execution of all and all manner of Penall Lawes in matters
Ecclesiastical, against whatsoever sort of Non Conformists or Recu-
sants, bee immediately suspended, and they are hereby suspended. . . .
* And that there may be no pretence for any of Our Subjects to
continue their illegall Meetings and Conventicles, Wee doe Declare,
That Wee shall from time to time allow a sufficient Number of
Places, as they shall be desired, in all Parts of this our Kingdome,
for the use of such as doe not conforme to the Church of England, to
meete and Assemble in, in Order to their Publick Worship and
Devotion ; which Places shall be open and free to all Persons. But
to prevent such disorders and inconveniences as may happen by
this Our Indulgence, if not duely regulated, and that they may
be the better protected by the Civill Magistrate, Our exprev-e Will
and Pleasure is, That none of Our Subjects doe presume to meete in
any Place, untill such Place bee allowed, and the Teacher of that
Congregation be approved by Us. . . .
4 Given att Our Court att Whitehall this fifteenth day of March in
the 24th yeare of Our Reigne 167£.'
It is said that 3500 licences were granted within ten months
under the terms of this 4 Indulgence,"' but the House of Commons
objected to the King using his prerogative to suspend Penal Statutes,
February, 1672-3, and the King was forced to cancel his 4 Declaration
of Indulgence 1 and the licences were called in.1
There is no doubt, judging from the number of licences issued,
that they must have been granted freely.2
Three forms of licences were adopted. The first was to a teacher
of a particular congregation, with a further licence to teach in any
other licensed place. The second was a general licence to teach in
any licensed place. The third was a licence for a place.3 Most of
1 R. W. Dale, Hist, of Congregationalism, 1907, p. 437-9.
2 See Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, December, 1671 to May, 1679,
which records a large number of the licences granted. Also consult the preface to
that volume.
3 Ibid. Preface, pp. xx. 271, 272.
327
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
the places licensed were houses belonging either to the preacher or a
member of the sect. Instances of barns, malt-houses, and other
buildings also occur.1
Timothy Batt under the protection of the 'Declaration of
Indulgence,'' applied for and obtained a licence to preach to the
Presbyterians of Wellington in the houses of John Norman and
Daniel Lock, as the following extracts from documents2 in the Public
Record Office will show .
Before 2 May, 1672, a request was made for a licence for
k Mr. Timothy Batt to be Teacher to a people of ye Non-Conformitye
of the Prisbeterian Judgment, The place of Worship att an old howse
comonly called or know ne by the Name of the old Court house in
Wellington in the County of Som'sett."* (State Paper*, Domestic
Series, Car. IL 320, No. 292.)
Before 8 May, 1672, Walter Payne requested licences for various
preachers, among them being one for ' Mr. Timothy Batt to be
Teacher to a Congregacon of the Presbeterian Judgment, The
places for Worshipp John Norman's house in Wellington cald Old
Courthow se and alsoe the howse of Daniell Lock both in the sd Parish
of Wellington in the Count ve of Som'sett.1 (State Papers, Dom. Ser.
Car. IL 321, Nos. 37, 42.)
On 8 May, 1672, among a large number of licences granted
there are two, one of which permits the houses of John Norman and
Daniel Lock to be used for Presbyterian Meetings and the other
permits Timothy Batt to be a Presbyterian teacher in the said houses,
(State Papers, Dom. Ser. Entry Book, 38 A, p. 84.)
After 9 May, 1672, there is a receipt by Thomas Stone for
licences granted, among them being one permitting Daniel Lock's
house to be used as a meeting place and another for Timothy Batt
to be a teacher there. (State Papers, Dom. Ser. Car. II. 321,
No. 76.)
Incidentally I might here mention that there is evidence of a
Presbyterian Meeting being held in West Buckland about this period,
for a licence was granted 16 April, 1672, to Robert Drake3 to be a
Presbyterian teacher in Peter South wood's house in Buckland parish,
Somerset, and on the same day a licence was issued for Peter South-
wood's house to be used as a Presbyterian Meeting place. (State
Papers, Dom. Ser. Car. II. 320, No. 103; Entry Book 38 A, No.
23. G. L. Turner, Original Records of Nonconformity, 1911,
i. 233, 433.)
1 Ibid. Preface, p. xxiii.
2 For these extracts I have made use of Calendar of State Papers, Dom. Ser.
December, 1671 to 17 May, 1672, London, 1897, pp.' 146, 500, 504, 505, 518.
G. L. Turner, Original Records of Nonconformity. London, 1911, i. pp. 294,
318, 325, 467 ; ii., 1103-3.
3 See also p. 3-25.
328
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Timothy Hatt was born 30 November, 1618.1 He was the eldest
son of Robert Batt, of Street, Somerset, a Puritan, who designed
him for the ministry, tie went to Wadham College, Oxford,
matriculated 28 January, 1631, aged 17, then went to Emanuel
College, Cambridge, where lie took his degrees, B.A. in 1635, M.A.
in 16382; and because of his powers of elocution he was called
'Silver-tongued Batt.' Probably he was the Timothy Batt who
married Elizabeth Longe at Taunton St. Mary Magdalen, 19 April,
1643. '!
He became chaplain to Sir Robert Pye, whom he attended in the
unfortunate expedition, under the Earl of Essex, into Cornwall in
1644. He then went to London, and during the civil war period
ministered at Mimms in Middlesex, where he gained the affections of
the people, and was afterwards kindly received by those of them that
were living when he visited there in 1685.
In 1649 he was sent by the Committee of Preaching Ministers to
Ilminster,1 Somerset. This was one of the sequestered livings, from
which the Rev. John Tarlton had been removed, being 4 turned out of
doors with his wife and four children, one of which was at that time-
sick. . . . At the same time Mr. Tarltons books, and all his goods
were plundered, most of which were possest by Mr. Timothy Batt,
the intruder, who had not the conscience however, to pay him for
them, so much as in the fifths, although he forgot not to carry them
away with him, when he removed from Ilminster.* '
Whilst a minister at Ilminster, Timothy Batt signed ' The Attes-
tation of the Ministers of the Count// of Somerset . . . against the
Errors, Heresies, and Blasphemies of the present times," a copy of
which with the names of those who signed was published in 1648.°
Timothy Batt became vicar of Creech St. Michael in Somerset,
1652-60, staying there until the restoration of Charles II., when,
this being a sequestered living, he was forced to give it up.7 It
is related that the Rev. Henry Masters had been sequestered from
this living, after which he lived in great poverty, his successors
in the living being prevented from assisting him, and that 4 Only
Mr. Batt, who was the last of them, once gave him a suit of
clothes.18
Whilst at Creech St. Michael, Mr. Batt was appointed to be one of
the Commissioners for Somerset empowered to act in accordance with
1 Calaray, Nonconf. Mem. iii. 201.
2 Foster, Alumni Oxon. i H7. ! Phillimore, Somerset Par. Bey. ix. 51.
4 James Street, The Minister of the He, 1904, p. 177.
5 John Walker, Sufferings of the Clergy, London, 17 14, Part II. p. 381.
which also see for further ac count of John Tarlton.
6 British Museum, E. 157 (36).
7 Calamy, iii. 204-5.
8 Walker's Sufferiw/s of the Clergy* Lon. 1711, Part II. p. 310.
329 b h
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
the 4 Ordinance for ejecting scandalous, ignorant and insufficient
Ministers and Schoolmasters,1 28 August, 1654.1
After Timothy Batt had been forced to quit Creech St. Michael,
he was presented by a neighbouring gentleman to the small living of
Ruishton, Somersetshire, where he remained until he was ejected by
the 4 Act of Uniformity ' passed 19 May, 1662, and enforced on St.
Bartholomew's Day, 24 August, 1662.
After this we can only surmise that he stayed and preached in
Somersetshire and Devonshire, for in 1669, when the 'Episcopal
Returns' were made, concerning the location of the nonconformist
ministers and their conventicles, Timothy Batt is noted as being
a preacher or teacher at West Monckton and the places adjacent,
Creech, Taunton Magdalen, Bridgwater, and Glastonbury.2 It is
also recorded 3 that he used to preach near Cullompton, Devon, once
in five or six weeks, where on one occasion * A prophane and lewd
young man came thither one Lord's day to hear him, on purpose to
make a jest of what he said. The sermon was upon these
words, " Fools make a mock of sin 11 ; and it pleased God to
make it the means of his conversion ; after which he became a
serious christian.'
In 1672 we havp ample evidence, as shown above,4 that he
obtained a licence according to the terms of the 8 Declaration of
Indulgence ' to be a 4 Teacher ' of the Presbyterians at Wellington in
the Old Court House, then owned by John Norman, and in the house
belonging to Daniel Lock.
Timothy Batt had some good offers if he would conform, but he
would not accept them. He died in July, 1692, after being blind
about two years.5 How long Timothy Batt remained at Wellington
as a 4 teacher ' to the Presbyterians I am unable to say.
Whether Timothy Batt, the Presbyterian preacher at Wellington,
is the same as the one mentioned in the three following works
I cannot definitely say, but I mention them here, hoping that some
one may be able to identify, or disprove, their connection with the
Wellington preacher.
A Treatise concerning the free gince of God the Father, and of the
love of Jesns Christ. In which is contained the Fountain of precious
Consolation to all the Saints, beloved and redeemed. By Timothie
Batt. Printed by T. P. and M. S. for Ed. Blackmore, at the Angel
in Pauls Churchyard. London, 1643. Pp. 178. 12mo.6
1 Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-60. By C. H. Firth and R. S.
Rait. Lon. 1911, ii. 982.
2 G. L, Turner, Original Records, 1911, i. 6, 9, 12.
3 Calaray, Nonconf . Mem. iii. 205.
4 P. 328.
8 Calamy, Nonconf. Mem. iii. 205. fi British Museum, 873, c. 39.
330
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The Summe of a Conference at Terling in Essex, Januarie 11th,
1643, held betweene
fJohn Stalham] [Terling 1 opponents"!
3 Ministers i John Newton r of i Little Baddow h pleading I
I Enoch Grey J I Wickham J for | Infants
( . an(* ) Qf London ^ Baptisme
2 Cataba- I Timotheus Batt, Physician I on(jenj.s
ptists | Thomas Lambe, Sope-boyler J denying J
Printed by I. L. for Christopher Meredith, at the signe of the Crane
in Pauls Church-yard, London, 1644.1
The Waters of Mar ah Sweetned. A Thanks-giving Sermon.
[On Exod. xv. 23, 24, 25.] Preached at Taunton, in the County of
Somerset, May 11, 1647, for the gracious deliverance of that poore
Towne from the strait and bloody Siege. By T.B.2 Master of Arts,
and a Minister of the Gospel in that County. Printed for Francis
Eglesfield, London, and are to be sold by George Treagle in Taunton.
1648. 8vo. pp. iv. 20.3
[Authorities for biography of Timothy Batt : Nonconformists
Memorial. By Edmund Calamy. Abridged by Samuel Palmer.
2nd edit., London, 1803, vol. iii. 204-5. Joseph Foster, Alumni
Oxonienses, 1500-1714, Oxford, 1891, vol. i. 87. John Walker, An
attempt towards . . . an account of the . . . sufferings of the Clergy of the
Church of England, London, 1714, Part II. 310, 381. James Street,
The My nster of the He [Ilminster], Taunton, 1904. Calendar of
State Papers, Domestic Series, December, 1671, to 17 May, 1672,
London, 1897, pp. 446, 500, 504, 518. G. L. Turner, Original
Records of Early Nonconformity, London, 1911, i. 6, 9, 12, 294, 312,
325, 467; ii. 1102, 1103.]
MALACHI BLAKE (about 1689-1705).
We have seen that in 1672 Timothy Batt obtained a licence to
teach the Presbyterians, but whether he held that position until his
death in 1692 we do not know. The next definite date that has been
discovered is that of 1715, when Humphrey Berry was the pastor.
The intervening years between 1672 and 1715 must have been an
important period in the history of the Presbyterian Church, inasmuch
as it covers the last years of the period when it was illegal to hold
nonconformist meetings ; it covers the troublous times of the
1 British Museum, E. 12 (-2).
2 Ascribed to Timothy Batt by Halkett and Laing, Diet, of Anon, and Pseudon.
Lit., Edin. 1888, p. 2794.
3 British Museum, E. 433 (19).
331
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, an event in which a large number of
Wellington people took an active part. It also saw the issue of
James II.'s 'Declaration of Indulgence,1 4 April, 1687, and the
Commons1 refusal to pass it ; also 1688, which saw the arrival of
William of Orange and the flight of James II., an event of vast
mportance to nonconformists, as under the reign of William III. the
4 Toleration Act 1 was passed, and received the royal assent 24 May,
1689. Under this 'Toleration Act1 a great majority of the non-
conformists obtained their freedom to worship in their own way — it
legalised nonconformity. By the passing of the 'Toleration Act1
it became possible for the Wellington Presbyterians to have a
definite meeting house and to place their church on a permanent
footing.
Unfortunately no definite data has yet come to light to fill in the
gap between 1672 and 1715; but, after considering the various
evidences that have been gathered together, I have arrived at the
conclusion that a part of this gap must have been filled by the
ministerial labours of Malachi Blake, the reputed founder of the
Wellington Presbyterian Church, and it is quite possible, and
probable, that he continued to minister at Wellington until his death
in 1705.
Malachi Blake1 is said to be a descendant, by a collateral branch,
of the family to which the famous Admiral Blake, who defended
Taunton during the Civil War, belonged. The Rev. George William
Joyce, the present pastor of this church, in his history of the
Wellington Congregational Chapel and Schools2 states, 'The late
Rev. H. Addiscott is my authority for stating, that the cause was
originated as far back as 1659 s by the Rev. Malachi Blake, a non-
conformist minister, residing at Blagdon, near Taunton.1
Where the Rev. H. Addiscott obtained his information that this
church was founded in 1659 I do not know. The earliest reference to
any statement that I have seen that this congregation was founded
by Malachi Blake (and which is the source from which all later
writers have obtained their information), is to be found in the
Memoirs of the Rev. Mr. William Blake, late Minister of the Gospel id
Crezvkerne, Somerset, published in the Protestant Dissenters Maga-
1 Protestant Dissenter s Ma;/. August, 1799, vi. 281.
- Somerset Congregational Mag. February, 1891.
; As I doubted the accuracy of this date I wrote to the Rev. G. W. Joyce
asking him if he had any information to substantiate the statement. I have not
yet received the courtesy of a reply. I find this date was repeated in a short
history of the church in the programme of the ' Pagoda Bazaar,' June, 1910, held to
obtain funds in aid of the church, and also repeated at the celebration of the
Jubilee of the church, October, 1911, so presumably Mr. Joyce still adheres to
1659. Probably Mr. Joyce obtained his information from the Somerset County
Gazette, 12 May, I860, where the Rev. H. Addiscott is reported to have said that
Malachi Blake commenced his services in Wellington in 1659. — A. L. H.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
zine, August, 1799, vol. vi. 281-4. There it states that William
Blake's 4 grandfather, the Rev. Malaehi Blake,1 a nonconformist
minister, resided at Blagdon, in the parish of Pitminster, four miles
from Taunton. This gentleman, by his pious labours, laid the
foundation of the dissenting congregation, at Wellington, in the
county of Somerset.1
Unless further information is found to support the statement
made by Mr. Joyce, on the authority of Mr. Addiscott, I do not
think circumstances support the claim that Malaehi Blake originated
the cause of Presbyterianism in Wellington in 16*59; but then? is a
great possibility, and probability, that he may have helped to form
a permanent church about 1689. My reasons for believing so are as
follows :
The 4 Act of Uniformity,1 which caused the ejectment of about
2000 ministers, principally Presbyterians, from the Church of
England, and the outcome of which was the formation of many
Presbyterian nonconformist meetings all over the country, was not
passed until 1662. It was quite possible for Malaehi Blake to have
oeen a Presbyterian minister before 1662, as Presbvterianism before
this date largely permeated the Church of England, and ministers of
that persuasion held livings in the Church, but I have failed to find
any trace that Mr. Blake held any ministry before the 4 Act of
Uniformity,"' and Calamy does not mention him as an ejected minister
in his Xonconfonnisffi Memorial', neither can I find that he ever
graduated through either of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge,
as the majority of the clergy of the State Church did. From this
I conclude that it is scarcely probable that Malaehi Blake was a
minister before 1662. The next important date by which we can
make a test as to whether Mr. Blake was performing ministerial
duties is that of 1669. In that year the important returns known as
the 4 Episcopal Returns 2 for 1669 1 were made. These returns do
not mention Malaehi Blake as being a preacher, although it returns
the names of seven ministers 3 who preached to the Presbyterians of
Wellington. The next test as to the existence of Malaehi Blake as
a minister is to be found in 1672, when Charles II. issued his
4 Declaration of Indulgence,1 whereby nonconformist ministers could
preach publicly if they obtained a licence.4 Under that 4 Indulgence 1
Timothy Batt obtained a licence to preach at Wellington, but there
is no sign that Malaehi Blake applied for one to preach any-
where. From this we may conclude that it is very probable that
Malaehi Blake had not commenced his ministerial work by, or before,
1672.
1 This account of Malaehi Blake is repeated in the Monthly Repository. May.
1821, vol. xvi. 263 ; also in J. Mureh, Hist, of Prexhi/teriaii Chmrche»% IS35, p. 244.
2 See p. 323. 3 See pp. 323-6. *See p. 326.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
The earliest intimation that I have discovered that Malachi Blake
had engaged in ministerial labours is in connection with the Presby-
terians at Honiton, Devonshire. At this place, after James II. had
issued his 'Declaration of Indulgence,' 4 April, 1687, the Protestant
dissenter* 4 met in the back-house of one Mr. William Clark, chandler
. . . the Rev. Messrs. Richard Saunders, Malachi Blake, near
Taunton, and John Goswell, of Exeter, taking their turns to preach
here every week, which they continued for some time with consider-
able success. . . . Upon Mr. GoswelFs dropping his usual attendance,
Mr. John Edwards, a young man from Wellington, was chosen to fill
his place, who soon began to discover an inclination to take the
whole work upon himself. With this view, he first engaged a party
of the younger people in his interest, and then quarrelled with
Mr. Blake, who had been proposed for their pastor ; but seeing
the turn which things were likely to take, he prudently refused
the invitation and left them, and Mr. Saunders, the other minister,
being called to Taunton, Mr. Edwards had the work entirely to
himself.1 1
The foregoing extract shows that Malachi Blake was engaged in
ministerial labours after James IL's ' Declaration of Indulgence," and
that he took it in turn with two others to preach at Honiton. We
may safely assume from this that he was also engaged elsewhere,
probably at Blagdon, where he used to live, and at Wellington.
There was some uncertainty as to the position of the nonconformists
under the 4 Declaration of Indulgence.' The House of Commons
refused to pass it, as they would not recognise that the King had the
power to override the laws against nonconformity by his ' Declaration 1
without the consent of Parliament ; many leading nonconformists
even refused to recognise it, as they considered it unconstitutional.
In 1688 William of Orange landed and became King, and gave his
consent to the 4 Toleration Act 1 in 1689. After this Act was passed
it became possible for the nonconformists to hold their meetings
openly, and the statement that Malachi Blake 4 laid the foundation 1
of the dissenting congregation at Wellington would probably refer to
this period, 1689, when it was possible to have an open meeting
house and a stated minister. Therefore upon the foregoing reasons I
base my belief that Malachi Blake did not minister at Wellington in
1659, but that we must look to 1689 as the period of his activity at
Wellington.
There is additional evidence that Malachi Blake was engaged in
ministerial labours, after 1689, in or about the neighbourhood of Wel-
lington. Zachary Wyatt of Nynehead, by his will 2 dated 10 October,
1 Th$ English Presbyterian, Sep. 1834, p. 152.
2 Brown, Somerset Wills, iv. 123.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
fe
1693, bequeathed 40,9. to 4 Mr. Malachi Blake, minister of the
Gospel.'* As Nynehead is not far from Wellington, it is probable
that Zachary Wyatt was one of Mr. Blake's congregation.
The question might here arise as to whether there is any evidence
to show where the Presbyterians met for worship after the Act of
Toleration of 1689 was passed. There is sufficient evidence to justify
us in presuming that they met at, or in close proximity to, the 4 Three
Cups Inn.1 J. Le Couteur in his account of this church 1 states that
before the present site of the church was obtained, the congregation
met in a meeting house somewhere behind the 4 Three Cups Inn.1 He
was then speaking of the year 1728. At the General Sessions of
the Peace held at Bridgwater, Midsummer Session, 16 July, 1689, a
licence was granted for a Nonconformist Meeting to be held at the
1 howse of James Giffard 1 at Wellington. Upon searching the Rate
Book for this period and several years later, I find that James GifFord
was rated for a house which a few years later was entered as the
4 Three Cups Inn therefore I think there is strong presumptive
evidence that the Presbyterians met at the 4 Three Cups Inn," or in
premises attached thereto. Unfortunately, the denomination to
whom the licence was granted in 1689 was not entered by the Clerk,
but taking into consideration J. Le Couteur's account, and that
James Gifford held the premises known as the 4 Three Cups Inn,' I
think we are justified in assuming that the licence was granted to the
Presbyterians.
It is said that 4 After the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth, to
whose cause he had been friendly,1 Malachi Blake 4 was obliged to flee
from home, and went up to London, disguised in a lay-dress, with a
tye-wig and a sword.1"2 I have not succeeded in finding his name
amongst the various lists of accused or prisoners charged with partici-
pating in the Monmouth Rebellion, but there is no doubt that, even if
he did not take an active part in that ill-fated uprising, he must have
been seriously inculpated in that movement by the action of members
of his family. On Friday, 19 June, 1685, twenty-six maids of
Taunton belonging to a school, over which Miss Blake and Mrs.
Musgrave presided, presented colours to the Duke of Monmouth.
Among the ladies afterwards charged with this offence the names of
Mary Blake and Sarah Blake appear.3 According to J. Toulmin's
History of Taunton, 1822 edition, pp. 459, 529-31, it was Miss
Sarah Blake who led the procession, and received a pardon on the
15 July, 1686, and that Miss Mary Blake died in Dorchester gaol of
small-pox.
1 Somerset Co. Gaz., May 12th, 1860, June 29th, 1861.
2 Protestant Dissent. Mag., 1799, vi. 281.
:{ George Roberts, Life of James, Duke of Monmouth, London, 1844, i. 30S-4-.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Malachi Blake, the subject of this memoir, had two daughters
named Sarah and Mary,1 both of whom died before he made his
will, 5 February, 1704. I strongly suspect that these daughters,
Sarah and Mary,1 were the bwo misguided maidens of that name
who took an active part in presenting the colours to the Duke of
Monmouth.
There is no doubt that Malachi Blake was a preacher and at
some time settled at Wellington, for in his will he describes him-
self as 4 Malachi Blake of Wellington, in the county of Somerset,
Clerk, being infirm in body but of sound and disposing mind and
memory.'' The term 'Clerk' was usually employed at this period
to represent ministers. He states in his will that he had made
a 'dormant surrender according to the custom of the manor of
Taunton ... of my half yard of land in Blagdon within the parish
of Pitminster and of some overlands near the same 1 to his son John
Blake, and by another dormant surrender according to the custom of
the same manor he had surrendered lands and tenements at or near
Rowbarton, in the parish of Taunton St. James, to his son William
Blake ; both under conditions relating to the will. His wife Mary to
have the use of certain rooms of his dwelling house at Blagdon and
part of the garden, &c, during her widowhood. His 'late father-in-
law, John Mico,1 by his will bequeathed to his grandchildren (Malachi's
children), John Blake, William Blake, Sarah Blake, Mary Blake,
£150 each, to be paid at the age of 21 or marriage, which should
happen first, his daughter Mary (Malachi's wife), being made execu-
trix. Malachi Blake's daughters, Sarah and Mary, having died, their
legacies devolved upon the remaining sons. This legacy of £600
Malachi Blake directed in his will should be charged upon his son
John out of the said half yard of land at Blagdon, £S00 each for his
sons John and William. Malachi also bequeathed to his wife and
executrix £50, to his son Malachi Blake an annuity of £5, to be paid
by his son John out of the land at Blagdon until John should obtain
possession of the said land after the death of testator's wife Mary ;
then John was bo give his brother Malachi £100 and the annuity to
cease. £50 out of the Rowbarton estate for the executors or admin-
istrators of Mary Blake at her death. Unto his son Malachi Blake
£150 out of the Rowbarton estate after the death of testator^ wife.
1 The Somerset County Gazette, 16 Nov., 18G7, contains a tale entitled Mcuy
Blake's Lovers: a tale of * Kma1 Monmouth's Rebellion. By D. A. Peachey. The
author refers to Mary and Sarah Blake, aged 19 and 18, as the orphan daughters of
a serge-manufaeturer of Taunton, and states that their grandfather ' was shot
down at the East Gate just in the moment of victory' when the siege of Taunton
was raised and Goring driven away. References are made to their aunt Mrs.
Hester Rowe, of East Reach, Taunton, to their uncle Dunsford, at Exeter, and
that Sarah Blake after her release married Walter Hammond, son of the Indepen-
dent Minister of Paul Street Chapel, Taunton. Whether these statements of D. A.
Peachey are facts or fiction I have not yet been able to determine.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
If any of the sons died before marriage or aged 2t, their legacies to
go to the survivors of them, All testator's books were bequeathed to
his son Malachi, except five each for testator's wife and sons John
and William. To testator's brother, John Blake of London, and his
wife and children, 20 s*. each for rings; to testator's brother-in-law,
Joseph , and his wife, testator's sister, 9.0s. each for rings, and
to her four children, Robert Parker, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary Weeks,
Is. each. £5 to the poor. Residue to his wife and executrix Mary.
Dated 5 February, 1704. Signed by Malachi Blake in the presence
of M. Marshall, Isaac Clark, and Thomas Marshall. Proved at
Wells, July, 1705. [Bishops Court, No. 102.]
According to the above will and date of probate, we may assume
that Malachi Blake died in 1705, and that by his marriage with
Mary Mico he had had five children, i.e., Mary and Sarah, who died
before the will was executed, and three sons, John, Malachi, and
William. As he describes himself as a 'Clerk1 (i.e., minister) of
Wellington, it is quite possible that he was at that period labouring
as the pastor of the Wellington Presbyterian Congregation.
The following brief notes on Malachi Blake's three sons may be
of interest :
(1) John Blake. No records.
(2) Malachi Blake,1 was educated for the ministry as a Pro-
testant Dissenter. First settled at Langport, Somerset, then went
to Awlscomb, Devon, afterwards to Blandford, Dorset, in 1716,
where he ministered until his death in 1760. He published an
account of the fire at Blandford in 1731, and other pamphlets. A
daughter married a Mr. Fisher,2 and a grand-daughter married
Henry Field, who succeeded him as pastor at Blandford.
(3) William Blake,3 a woolstapler, of Taunton, who married Miss
Jane Acourt, daughter of Mr. Acourt, an attorney at Yeovil, by whom
he had three sons and five daughters, (a) One of his daughters
married S. Read of Taunton, a woolstapler. (b) One of his sons,
Malachi Blake4 became a pupil of Dr. Doddridge in 1743, became a
Dissenting minister at Witney, Oxfordshire, where he settled for ten
years and married Miss Biscoe. He returned to Taunton and for
some years took an alternate turn as a preacher at Fulwood near
Taunton. Suffering in health he went to live at Bath, but after the
death of his wife he returned to Taunton in 1780, where he died
13 April, 1795. (r) The youngest son, William Blake,"' was born
1 Protestant J>!s. Mat/. Aug. 1799, vol. vi. p. 281. T. S. James, Hist, of
Presbyterian Chapels, 1875, pp. 658, 659, 677.
2 B. M. Add. MS. 24484 f. 547.
3 Protestant Dissenter's Mac/. Aug. 1799, vol. vi. -281--2.
* Protestant Dissenter's Mag. May, 1795 vol. ii. p. -216, also Aug. 1799; vol.
vi., pp. 281. Correspondence of P. Doddridge, Lon. 1081, vol. v. 550.
5 Memoir of, in Protestant Dissenter's Mag. Aug. 1799, vol. vi. pp. 281-4
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
7 July, 1730. Educated at a grammar school in Taunton, and under
Dr. Doddridge at Northampton, and by Dr. Caleb Ash worth at
Daventry. He became a 4 protectant dissenter ' minister at Crewkerne
in 1754, where he was ordained 11 May, 1757. Here he preached
his farewell sermon 29 July, 1798, and died at Crewkerne 29 March,
1799. He married (1) Miss Marks, the only child of Mr. Marks of
Chard, by whom he had no children. (2) Miss Downing of Cotley,
Honiton, Devon, who died 27 May, 1777, leaving five children, viz. :
(1) The eldest, a daughter, died 27 September, 1791.
(2) Dr. Malachi Blake, became a physician at Taunton, and a
Justice of the Peace for Somerset. Died February, 1843.
(3) The Rev. William Blake,1 born at Crewkerne, 29 March, 1773,
and was educated at Litton, Dorsetshire, and at Crewkerne.
In 1790 he went to the Academy at Northampton, which
he left in 1795 to superintend a school endowed by Mr.
Pearsall at Kidderminster. His father's health failing he
returned to Crewkerne to assist in the ministry, and preached
his first sermon, August, 1797. At this period he also
supplied the pulpit at Yeovil. Upon his father's resignation
of the pulpit at Crewkerne in 1798, he was unanimously
invited to succeed him. He retained his ministerial office
here until his death, 18 February, 1821. William Blake
married twice : (1) Miss Hannah Jarman, in May, 1808,
who died in April, 1810, leaving one daughter. (2) Miss
Elizabeth Jarman, in October, 1812, who survived him and
by whom he had four children.
(4) Downing Blake2 of Holway, near Taunton, who became a
farmer.
(5) Mary Blake.3
HUMPHREY BERRY (about 1705-1741).
The next pastor of whom we have any record is Humphrey Berry,
who probably succeeded Malachi Blake. He was, no doubt, a
member of the well-known Berry family of Wellington. He was
executor of the will of Hester Musgrave4 of Wellington in 1719 ;
and James Waldron, a sergemaker, of Wellington, by his will,
dated 8 June, 1731, 5 bequeathed the interest of £20 4 to uncle Mr.
Humphrey Berry now minister of the protestant dissenters in
Wellington called Presbyterians for his life and after to his successors
as ministers of the said congregation.1 He was a trustee of the estate
1 Memoir of, in Monthly Repository, May, 1821, vol. xvi. p. 26-2-8.
2 ProtesUiuf Dittenter's Mag. Aug. 1799, vol. vi. p. -2H-2.
■■ Ibid. * See p. 66. " 5 See p. 116.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
of John Southerton, who, in his will dated 21 October, 1733, refers
to him as ' my good friend and uncle Humphrey Berry of Welling-
ton, clerk. , 1
Mr. Berry died between January and April, 1741. His will -
dated 12 January, 1741, was proved 27 April, 1741, by his widow
Elizabeth. In it he refers to his children Robert, John, Anna,
and Elizabeth. He died at an advanced age, and he had the
reputation of being a very excellent man, but as his congregation had
dwindled to twenty-eight, it has been thought that his ministry had
been protracted too far beyond the period of mental or physical
vigour."'
His son John4 entered Dr. Doddridge's Academy in 1741, and he
was a minister at Crediton in 1773.5
In the 4 Wellington Rate Book and Church Wardens'1 Accounts 1
for 1727 (fol. 254), there is a list of persons who subscribed towards
a new * Water Engine.' In this list appears the name of 4 Mr. Robert
Berry, Minister 1 for 5<v. Probably this Robert was the other son of
Humphrey Berry.
Bearing in mind the fact that Timothy Batt, in 1672, obtained
a licence to preach in the ' Old Court House ' it is of interest to
observe in the ' Wellington Rate Book1 for 1728 (fol. 262) the
following items :
4 Hum. Berry and Hen. Wood p Rogers55 house 1 rated at £lh
4 Christor Rogers p ye Old Court; rated at £4$:
From these items we gather that Humphrey Berry the Pres-
byterian minister lived either next to, or on the same premises in
which Timothy Batt had a licence to preach. For the present an
open mind must be kept as to whether Berry occupied a portion
of the 4 Old Court," for it must be observed that the two items
above extracted from the Rate Book show that the two houses
belonged to 4 Rogers," and it is an undoubted fact that at some
time the premises called 4 Old Court ' was divided into several
portions, as can be observed by consulting the Rate Accounts for
later dates.
The number of the members of Mr. Berry's congregation ap-
pears to have varied considerably, as can be seen from the following
1 See p. 98. 2 See p. 9.
3 J. Bennett, Star of the West, 1815, p. 44
4 According to a list of Dr. Doddridge's students printed in The Correspondence
and THary of Philip Doddridge, London, 1831, v. 550, a Samuel Berry became a
student in 1741 and became a minister of Crediton. In Joseph Hunter's Britannia
Puritanioa {Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 24484, /. 566) the name ' Samuel ' is cancelled and
'John' put in its place, in the account" of the church at Crediton. In Add. MS.
24442, fol. 131, there is a list of pupils educated at Dr. Doddridge's Academy,
where for 1741 ' Saml. Bery, Crediton ' is entered, and opposite it is written ' shd
be John.'
5 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 24484, f. 566.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
references to the state of the nonconformists at Wellington. In Dr.
Williams's Library, Gordon Square, London, there is a manuscript on
the State of Nonconformity in E/ngland and Wqles in 1715, by John
Evans, on rol. 99 of which it states that Wellington, a market town,
had a Presbyterian Congregation, of which 4 Humphrey Bury ' (?.<?.,
Berry) was the ordained preacher, and that his hearers numbered 400.1
In the same library there is another manuscript on The State of the
Dissenting Interest in the several counties of England and Wales col-
lected in the years 1715-6 and 1772-3, by Josiah Thompson, on fol.
S3 of which it states that the Wellington Presbyterians in 1715
numbered 300. A manuscript in the British Museum [Add. MS.
32057] Dissenting Congregations in England and Wales in 1715
and 1772, by Josiah Thompson, states that the Presbyterians at
Wellington in 1715 numbered 300 and that the Baptists numbered
106. According to James Bennett's Memoir of Risdon Darracott,
1815, p. 44, when Darracott succeeded Mr. Berry, the members of
the church only numbered 28.
During a part of Mr. Berry's ministry the Presbyterian congrega-
tion continued to meet in a meeting house somewhere behind the
'Three Cups Inn.1 They had no burying ground, and were under the
necessity of repairing to the churchyard. On one occasion it was
requisite to pass through the 'Three Cups Inn" yard, and the landlord
then prohibited their doing so. This led to some excitement in the
town, the result of which was that James Perry, a resident in the
town, purchased some land and presented it to the Presbyterians in
1728 for a burying ground and a site on which a chapel had to be
erected within three years.2
The land was transferred to the use of the Presbyterians by
virtue of an Indenture of Release, dated 18 July, 1728, made
between James Perry of the one part and Thomas Pearse, Edward
Churley, William Giftbrd, John Cheek, Henry Waldron, John
Musgrave, Peter Bardet, and John SOutherton, the trustees, of the
other part.3
In accordance with the trusts of this deed, a small brick-built
meeting house was erected in Fore Street, and opened for public
service in 1730 with Humphrey Berry as its minister. This building
served the purposes of this congregation until 1860, when it was
demolished to make room for a new and larger one.
1 See also T. S. James' History of Presbyterian ChaptU* 18.37, p. (>?<>.
-Account of the church by J. Le Couteur in the Somerset Co. c<tz. 1-2 May,
IH(io ; ->f) June, 1861.
:; I have made repeated applications to the Rev. G. W. Joyce for facilities to
make extracts from this deed in order that 1 may publish herein particulars of
the land released and the terms of the Trust, but I regret to say that he has
not had the courtesy to acknowledge my letters or to accede to my request, —
A. L. H.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
It is thought that about 17201 the ancestors of Robert Southey;
the poet laureate, were members of this congregation. Robert
Southey in his autobiography2 says, 4 The removal from Wellington
to a lonelv hamlet seems to have brought my grandfather within the
pale of the Established Church, for he had been bred up as a
Dissenter/
RISDON DARRACOTT (1741 1759).
After the death of Humphrey Berry, the Presbyterians, after due
consideration, requested Risdon Darracott to become their pastor.
This remarkable man, by his energy and zeal for reforming those who
did not live up to his ideal of Christianity, made such an impression
upon Wellington and the district around that he became known as
the 4 Star in Hie West."
Risdon Darracott3 was a descendant of the Darracotts and
Risdons of Bideford, Devon. His great-grandfather, by his mother's
side, a 1 confessor in the cause of religion during the reign of Charles
1.,' objecting to the ceremonies introduced by Archbishop Laud into
the Established Church, went to America, where a daughter named
Hannah was born to him in 1654. Hannah came to England and
married Philip Risdon of Bideford. She died 3 January, 1717,
aged 62. Of this marriage a daughter, Hannah, was born in 1693,
who in 1714 married Richard Darracott, a dissenting minister* of
Swanage, Dorsetshire.
Of the marriage of Richard Darracott and Hannah Risdon, a
daughter was born,5 and ultimately a son, Risdon, the subject of tin's
memoir, the mother, Hannah, died a few days later, 10 February,
1717, aged 23. Richard Darracott at this period was a pastor at
Swanage,6 and after a few years married again, but this second
marriage proved a most unhappy one. He accepted a call to the
pastorate of Chulmleigh, Devon, where he died, aged 39.7
Risdon Darracott was born at Swanage, 1 February, 1717.
1 Brit. Mug, Add. MS. 24484 f. 547. Joseph Hunter, Britannia Puritanica, or
History of the Presbyterians and Independents
2 Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, London, 1849, vol. i. p. 5.
:! This biography is taken principally from The Star of the West : being memoirs
of Risdon Darracott. By James Bennett. -2nd edit. Rotherham. 1815.
4 He was probably educated for the ministry about 1707 at the Academy
founded by Matthew Warren at Taunton. {Congregational Hist. Soc. Trans., 1910,
iv. 237.)
5 She married Isaac Clark, a dissenting minister at Bow, Devonshire.
6 See also Densham and Ogle, Congregational Churches of Dorset, 1899, p. 307-8.
7 Richard Darracott probably died in 1737, as he died whilst his son Risdon
was at Northampton pursuing his studies, 1736 to 1738. T. S. James, J list, of
Presbyterian Chapels, 1867, p. 657, also Brit. Mus. Add. MS. -24484 f. 593, says he
died in 17-27, but this must be wrong.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
When about five years old he moved with his father to Chulmleigh,
Devon. Here his early education was undertaken by his father, and
after by Mr. Palk, or Palke, a dissenting minister of South Molton,
Devon.
In 1735 1 he became a pupil of Dr. Philip Doddridge,2 at his
Academy at Northampton, to be trained for the ministry. Darracott
in May, 1736, whilst visiting Hardingstone, a village near North-
ampton, made the acquaintance, which ripened into friendship, of
James Hervey, then a young student at Oxford, afterwards to become
famous by his devotional writings. Hervey assisted Darracott by
advice and otherwise to establish a society similar to that of the
Oxford Methodists.3
Whilst at Northampton, Darracott used to preach in the villages
thereabouts, and on 21 October, 1736,4 when preaching at Brix-
worth, a village a few miles from Northampton, such opposition was
aroused that he was forced to escape from a house by a window
whilst a mob that came to molest him attacked the opposite side of
the house. His father died whilst he was still pursuing his studies at
Northampton, but when he completed his course he returned to
Chulmleigh.
The pastorate at Chulmleigh, that had been filled by his father,
still being vacant he took up the ministry, but ultimately finding
that the congregation were not unanimous, many of them desiring
another minister to be their pastor, he accepted an invitation to be
pastor of the Market Jew Street Chapel,5 Penzance, in Cornwall.
Here he stayed from the autumn of 1738 till the beginning of 1739,
when he was seized with an illness which was thought to be consump-
tion. He went to Barnstaple, Devon, to recoup his health, and when
he had somewhat recovered he again began to preach.
Darracott occasionally preached at Wellington, where he made
such an impression that in 1741 he was invited by the Presbyterians
to become their pastor in succession to the late Humphrey Berry.
He accepted the call, and on the 11 November, 1741, he was ordained
by twelve ministers.
The low state of the Congregational Church (then known as the
' Presbyterians ') at this period may be gathered from the Memoirs of
1 Brit. Mat. Add. MS. 24442 f. 128. Joseph Hunter's Hist, of Protestant Dis
senters. Also in Correspondence and Diary of P. Doddridge, Lon. 1831, v. 548.
2 There was an ancient connection between the Darracotts and the Doddridges.
In the register of the marriages of Richard Doddridge's children kept in Barnstaple
Parish Church there is the following : 1 John Darracott and Dorothie Doddridge
May 24, 1596. (C. Stanford's Life of Philip Doddridge, Lon. 1880, p. 74.)
5 C. Stanford's Life of P. Doddridge, 1880, pp. 86-8.
4 C. Stanford, Life of Doddridge, 1880, p. 89.
5 Dictionary National Biography.
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Darracott.1 The town of Wellington was not large ; 4 the congrega-
tion to which he was invited to preach formed a very small proportion
of its inhabitants. The members of the church amounted to no more
than twenty-eight, though their former pastor, Mr. Berry, who died
at an advanced age, had the reputation of a very excellent man.
Perhaps his ministry had been protracted, as that of some valuable
men has unhappily been, beyond the period of mental or physical
vigour, and thus had contributed at last to the diminution rather
than the increase of his flock."
Upon the settlement of Darracott amongst them this stagnation
quickly changed, and the church became the centre of great activity.
He entered upon his ministerial labours with such zeal that 4 his fame
soon spread, and curiosity drew from the surrounding country crowds
of strangers.' This notoriety was not at all pleasing to some of the
trustees 4 of the meeting house,1 who finding some cause to disagree
with him became his avowed enemies, and withdrew from his ministry
and locked up their pews, 4 which the eagerness of the hearers who
were standing in the aisles frequently burst open. The opposition,
however, gradually died away, and left him without an enemy.12
Darracott opened houses for worship in most of the adjacent
villages, where he preached weekly, with remarkable effect, for ' In
one, which was about a mile from Wellington, and from the
character of the inhabitants was called Rogue's Green, such a change
was effected, as produced a change of the name. Drunkenness, riot-
ing, and indeed sin of every description, formerly seemed the only
business of the inhabitants. Not one of them was known to pretend
to prayer or religion under any form ; 1 but after a time 4 the traveller
heard on an evening the sound of prayer and praise in almost every
house. The place lost its former name, and is now called Roe or
Row Green.13
On one occasion, when preaching at Langford, about two miles
from Wellington, the congregation became so numerous that he was
obliged to stand at the door to afford to the whole company the
benefit of the worship. Just before he began to preach, a neighbour-
ing gentleman came up at the head of a mob armed with clubs,
swearing and threatening to fall upon him if he attempted to preach,
although Darracott assured the gentleman-rioter that the house was
registered. Mr. Darracott deemed it prudent, lest mischief should
ensue, to desist from preaching at that time, but he drew up an
account of the affair and threatened to prosecute, which intention he
afterwards abandoned. This mode of opposition was not resorted to
again.4
His zeal for the work he had undertaken at Wellington made him
1 Star of the West, by James Bennett, 1815, p. 44.
* Ibid. p. 45. 3 Ibid. p. 55. 4 Ibid. p. 68.
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so well known and appreciated that the original eight-and-twenty
members of the church soon found themselves surrounded at the
Lord's table by accessions far beyond their own number.1 People
flocked in such crowds to hear him as constantly to overflow the
accommodation of his church. It became an absolute necessity to
enlarge the building. A sum of ^100 2 was proposed to be spent on
this purpose, but though it was only one-fourth of what the whole
place had cost for construction during Mr. Berry's ministry, yet it
was more than the restricted finances of the congregation could
supply, therefore Mr. Darracott found himself compelled to under-
take the disagreeable task of travelling to collect from other societies.
James Le Couteur, in his historical account of the chapel,3 says, ' In
1748 the chapel was enlarged at a cost of £56 14,v. 4c?.1
Darracott, in his desire to create a spiritual revival in Wellington
and the surrounding district, did not spare himself, or allow any
opportunities for doing so to escape him. He displayed great moral
courage in 1743, when he allowed the famous Rev. George Whitefield
to preach from his pulpit, for at this period Whitefield was viewed
with suspicion by the Independents.4 This event is recorded by
George Whitefield, who, writing from Colluinpton, 25 October,
1743, says : — 5
'On Saturday last (22 October, 1743), when I came to Welling-
ton, the Rev. Mr. Darracott persuaded me to stay there, because
the country people had come from all quarters several times
to hear me, and had been disappointed. I consented, and preached
in his meeting-house, in the evening, to a large auditory. The Rev.
Mr. Fawcett, formerly pupil to Dr. Doddridge, came there, and stayed
all night. . . . Sunday morning, I preached again in the meeting-
house ; and, in the evening, to seven thousand in the field. On
Monday, at ten in the morning, and at two in the afternoon, I
preached at Collumpton, with much freedom and power."
Mr. Darracott described Whitefi eld's visit in a letter dated
Wellington, 7 November [1743]:—° 'He [Whitefield] came hither,
last Saturday was fortnight, with a design of going on to Exeter that
day. But we entreated him to stay ; at length he inclined too, on
which I immediately gave notice that he would preach in the evening,
at six o'clock in my meeting-house ; and though it was a very rainy
day, and the notice but short, the house was so crowded, even at the
doors and windows, that at the lowest computation there was a
1 Bennett's Star of the West, pp. 54 and 70.
2 Ibid. p. 70.
3 Somerset Co. Gaz. May 12th, 1860.
4Tyerman\s Life of Whitefield, 1877, ii. 76.
5 Ibid. ii. 77.
6 This is inc orrectly ascribed to Whitefield's visit in 1750, by Darracott's
biographer, Bennett, Star of the West, 1815, p. 82.
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thousand people. Such a crowd, with the profound silence, and the
lights we had in the house, made it solemn. But to see how the
people were melted all in tears, was more affecting. . . .
' However, it was but the earnest of greater things done on the
following Sabbath.1 Mr. Whitefield gave out that he would preach
the next day, at eight in the morning, and at four in the afternoon.
Because he would not interfere with the public worship any where ;
and though it was so early the next morning, there were hundreds
stood at the doors and windows, who could not get in. ... At four,
he preached from those words, * Old things are passed away, and all
things are become new,1 when there was such a concourse of people
came together, that he was obliged to preach in a field adjacent to
the meeting-house. There was then thought to be four thousand
people.1
This action of Darracott in allowing Whitefield to preach from
his pulpit at Wellington caused much offence, and brought reproach
upon himself and upon his tutor, Dr. Philip Doddridge, who had also
been condemned for his encouragement of Methodism, and especially
for allowing Whitefield to preach at Northampton.
Doddridge's chief castigator, however, was Nathaniel Neal, son of
the Rev. Daniel Neal, the historian of the Puritans.2 Neal, in one of
his letters to Doddridge, said that 4 There are letters shewn about
town, from several ministers in the west, which make heavy com-
plaints of the disorders occasioned by Whitefield and Wesley in those
parts,1 and that these letters mention that some ministers there, ' who
were your pupils, have given them countenance.1 3 Doddridge, in his
reply to Nathaniel Neal, 12 December, 1743, said : —
* I had before heard from some of my worthy friends in the west
of the offence which had been taken at two of my pupils there, for
the respect they showed to Mr. Whitefield : and yet they are both
persons of eminent piety. He whose name is chiefly in question,
I mean Mr. Darracott, is one of the most devout and extraordinary
men I ever sent out, and a person who has, within these few years,
been highly useful to numbers of his hearers . . . yet I hear these men
are reproached because they have treated Mr. Whitefield respectfully ;
and that one of them, after having had a correspondence with him for
many years, admitted him into his pulpit.1 4
This censure of Darracott did not prevent him from inviting
Whitefield or his preachers to preach on other occasions at Welling-
ton. We find that one of Whitefield1* preachers, John Cennick,5 on
1 Star of the West, p. 83-4.
2 Tyerman 's Life of Whitefield, 1877, ii. 74.
3 Ibid. p. 75.
4 Correspondence of P. Doddridge, London, 1830, iv. 292-3; Life of Rit\ George
Whitefield, by Rev. L. Tyerman, 1877, ii. 73-6.
5 Life of Whitefield, by L. Tyerman, 1877, ii. 113.
345 cc
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
5 September, 1744, set out for Devonshire from Bristol, and on the
way he preached in Mr. Darracott 's chapel at Wellington, to a 4 con-
gregation made up of Church people, and several sorts of Dissenters."
That his earnest appeals to his hearers were not all barren of good
fruits may be gathered from his correspondence. In a letter to his
sister-in-law, dated 10 February, 1746-7, he mentions the good
effect of his preaching on Alexander Swaine and his wife, Miss
Gifford and her brother James Gifford, Mr. Oland, a farmer, and
Fry, a farmer aged nearly eighty.1 And on the 11 November, 1747,2
he wrote, 4 1 have been praising God for one hundred and twelve
souls, since this day six years, added to the church ; the far greater
part of whom have been begotten again in Christ Jesus under my
ministry.1
Two causes of uneasiness arose several times to disturb the pastor
and his congregation.3 They were Darracott's growing family, which
was but slenderly provided for by his Wellington congregation, and
his reputation, which attracted more remunerative invitations from
other churches. In 1748 his hospitality, which he felt it his duty as
a pastor to exercise, caused him to exceed his income that it became
necessary to provide some remedy. Darracott at this period wrote,
4 Never have I seen so much of the kindness of Providence. He has
raised up friends unsought, and indeed unheard of, especially a French
merchant at Plymouth. The heads of my people came generously
forward to consult, and offer their help to raise my salary. They
have already, this last quarter, raised it considerably, and laid such a
scheme to be pursued for the future, as will be much for its aug-
mentation. The young people, both men and women, have made a
handsome subscription." i
Whether Darracott in the foregoing letter was referring to the
following trust for providing an annuity of =^4 to the ministers of
this congregation, I am unable to say :
By an Indenture5 dated 25 December, 21 Geo. II. 1747, Robert
Pyne of Wellington, Somerset, sergemaker, in consideration of
receiving 5s. and other considerations, granted, bargained, sold and
confirmed unto Nicholas Browne of Wellington, sergemaker, and
Clement Waldron of Wellington, yeoman, as trustees, 4 One annuity
or clear yearly rent charge ... of £4< ... to be forever hereafter paid
by four equal quarterly payments free and clear of . . . all manner of
rates, taxes and outgoings whatsoever ... at lady day, midsummer,
michaelmas and christmas, the first payment thereof to be made at
lady day now next ensuing." The said £4> to be derived from the
dwelling-house with gardens, orchards and plot of ground thereunto
belonging in the town and borough of Wellington 4 between the
1 Star of the West, pp. 72-5. 8 Ibid. p. 70. 3 Ibid. p. 92. 4 Ibid. p. 78.
8 Public Record Office, Close Roll, 21 Geo. IL, Part 9, No. 3.
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houses heretofore of Edward Syle the elder deceased now of Hugh
Perry on the east and the house late of Edward Lutley deceased on
the west And all that plot ... of ground . . . commonl y called Long
Acre otherwise Rowes Acre containing by estimation one acre . . .
lying on the south side of the said dwellinghouse heretofore in the
tenure of John Row deceased . . . but now of the said Robert Pyne.1
Upon Trust that the trustees their heirs and assigns etc. shall pay the
said £4 to the 'present Dissenting Presbeterian Minister of Welling-
ton . . . the Reverend Mr. Risdon Darracott . . . during all such time as
he shall continue statedly to officiate preach and teach the Congrega-
tion of Protestant Presbeterian Dissenters in their Meeting house in
Wellington,' and after his decease or removal then to his successors in
the ministry of this congregation. Signed and sealed by Robf Pine
Nicholas Brown and Clem1 Waldron in the presence of P* Southey
and Peter Bardet: Acknowledged in the court of Chancery by
Robert Pyne 30 January, 1748, enrolled 2 March, 1748.
Wellington received a second visit from George Whitefield, for in
the second week of August, 1749, he left Bristol to make his way to
Plymouth. Writing from Plymouth, 15 August, he states1 that
4 At Wellington, as I was riding through the town, a good woman
stopped me, and entreated me to give the people a sermon. I com-
plied, and preached to a great company ; and the next day to a much
larger at the same place.'
Whitefield was at Bristol again in February, 1750, and on his way
to Plymouth from there he visited the Rev. Richard Pearsall, of
Taunton, and the Rev. Risdon Darracott, of Wellington. Writing
to Lady Huntingdon from Plymouth, 25 February, 1750,2 he says,
4 At Wellington, I lay at the house of one Mr. Darracott, a flaming
successful preacher of the gospel, and who may justly be styled, " the
star in the West." He has suffered much reproach ; and in the
space of three months, has lost three lovely children. Two of
them died the Saturday evening before the sacrament was to be
administered ; but weeping did not hinder sowing. He preached
next day, and administered as usual ; and, for his three natural, the
Lord has given him above thirty spiritual children. He has
ventured his little all for Christ ; and last week a saint died, who
left him 200/. in land. At his place, I began to take the field for this
spring. At a very short warning, a multitude assembled."
Whitefield paid a fourth visit to Wellington, in March, 1751, for
according to his correspondence3 he was at Bristol on the 22 March,
1751, and from there he journeyed to Plymouth, where he wrote
1 Works of George Whitefield, London, 1771, ii. 27-2.
2 Life of George Whitefield, by L. Tyerman, London, 1877, ii. 250. Also printed
in Bennetts Star of the West, 1815, p. 81.
3 Tyerman 's Life of Whitefield, 1877, ii. 270.
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a letter, 30 March, 1751,1 in which he states that 'the Lord enabled
me to sow some gospel seed at Taunton and Wellington in my way
hither/
On the 22 September, 1751, 2 Darracott received a visit from his
revered tutor, Dr. Doddridge, who stayed the night with him. This
was the last time Dr. Doddridge saw his pupil, as the next day he de-
parted for Falmouth to take a voyage to Lisbon to recruit his health.
He died at Lisbon soon after reaching there, 26 October, 1751.
In the autumn of 1751, 3 Darracott's straitened circumstances
caused by his increasing family sorely tempted him to yield to a
pressing invitation to undertake the pastorate of the church at
South Petherton.
Mr. Darracott had sunken some hundreds of his own private
property since he had resided at Wellington. 4 A friend to whom he
had made a disclosure of his affairs immediately applied to that
valuable institution in London, known to dissenters by the name of
the 'Fund Board," which immediately voted him 51. as an annual
addition to his salary. This, with the contributions of private
friends, enabled him to extricate himself from his embarrassments.1 4
This only tided him over his difficulties for the time and at one
time the claims of a delicate wife and rising family induced him to
think of keeping a school, but this scheme he abandoned.5
For some time Darracott had suffered in his health 6 and in March,
1752, he paid a visit to Kidderminster, where his old friend and fellow-
student, Benjamin Fawcett, had succeeded to the charge of the church
founded by Richard Baxter. Darracott stayed at Kidderminster for
some time and conducted the pastorate for his friend and at the same
time Mr. Fawcett7 came to Wellington and performed Mr. Darra-
cott\s duties. Whilst at Kidderminster he received a very hearty
welcome from Joseph Williams8 of that town.
Darracott returned to Wellington refreshed by the change after
attracting a good deal of attention at Kidderminster.9
Writing in November, 1753,10 Darracott says, 'This month twelve
years I was set up as pastor, since which time we have admitted 200
1 Works of George Whitefield, Lon. 1771, ii. 406.
2 Star of the West, pp. 86-7. 3 Ibid. p. 93. 4 INd. pp. 96-7. 5 Ibid. p. 97.
6 Ibid. p. 88.
7 Benj. Fawcett was pastor at Paul's Meeting, Taunton, 1741-5, then he went
to Kidderminster, 1745-80. He retained his interest in Wellington to the end.
Richard Parminter, pastor of Wellington, supplied Fawcett's pulpit during his
illness in 1780, and when Joseph Chadwick, another Wellington pastor, failed to
obtain recognition by the ' Independent Fund,' Fawcett championed his case in his
4 Appendix to Candid Reflections.1
8 See a letter from Joseph Williams to Mrs. Darracott, dated 25 March, 1752,
in Bennett's Star of the West, p. 88. Benj. Fawcett edited Extracts from the
Diary, Meditations and Letters of Joseph Williams of Kidderminster, 1779. The
fourteenth edition was published in 1816, with a portrait of Joseph Williams.
9 Star of the West, p. 91. 10 Ibid. 99-100.
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communicants wanting two ; and this week we shall take in 3 more,
and propose And about the same time he wrote, * We have set
up a charity school in a village four miles off'. . . . We have about 30
children on the list. ... I go once a fortnight, to preach a lecture,
which is well attended.'
In 1753 Mr. Darracott paid a visit to Sherborne, which indirectly
brought about the founding of the Congregational Church in Long
Street of that town. For many years a Presbyterian Church at
Newland, Sherborne, had supplied the spiritual needs of the Dissenters
of that district, but for some years previous to Mr. Darracott's visit a
series of pastors had developed Unitarian doctrines which caused
many of the congregation to go to Milborne Port for worship. Mr.
Darracott was the guest of Benjamin Vowell, an influential member
of the congregation, and Mr. Cornish, the pastor, was asked to allow
Mr. Darracott to preach in his pulpit, which request was refused.
4 This was the last straw, and the long-suffering people, who had
never been satisfied with the mild morality of Mr. Cornish's
preaching, withdrew and commenced services in private houses,1
several of whom licensed their houses as places of worship, 16 July,
1754. In 1756 a place of worship was erected in Long Street and
opened 10 October, 1756. The pulpit was supplied by various
preachers until 6 February, 1757, when the Rev. Daniel Varder
preached his first sermon there and was afterwards ordained as their
first stated minister, 6 October, 1757. This appointment of Mr.
Varder is of great interest to Wellington and to Mr. Darracott's
ministry, for 4 he was a working smith at a village a mile from
Wellington, Somerset, and for some time after his marriage was
notorious for his wickedness, being the ringleader in all manner of
riotous practices, half starving his wife and children by his laziness
and extravagance. One Sunday as he was lying listlessly on the ground
sudden conviction darted into his mind, which though he tried, he
was unable to shake off. Hearing of Mr. Darracott he went to hear
him preach, and under his ministry became an entirely changed man/
He studied for the ministry at Mr. LavingtoiVs Academy at Ottery
St. Mary, then settled for a time at Cerne, and then at Sherborne,
where he stayed and preached his last sermon, 8 April, 1764. He
died at Bristol, 30 July, 1764, after an operation for the stone.
Mr. Varder also held services in private houses at Haydon and Beer
Hacket.1
At the beginning of 1757 Darracott made a proposal to the
principal persons in Wellington to raise a subscription for the
relief of the poor. The subscription succeeded beyond the expec-
tation of every one ; and when he was assisting at the parish meeting
1 W. Densham and J. Ogle, Story of the Congregational Churches of Dorset,
Bournemouth, 1899, pp. 256-8.
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for the distribution of the money, 1 he seized the opportunity to
propose a society for the reformation of manners, by putting into
execution the laws against profancness.1 His proposal was unani-
mously adopted and 'It was agreed to begin with executing the laws
against Sabbath-breaking. An abstract of these was drawn up, and
lixcd on the doors of all the places of worship,1 and ' The chief men of
the town perambulated the streets by turns, every Lord's day, to
watch that no violation of the law took place,1 and 'The persons who
were appointed to inspect the town, took with them "Reynolds1
Compassionate Address" which the)r left in ale-houses, and places ot
evil resort.1 The effect of this was to cause the places of public
worship to be ' crowded ; ale-houses empty ; nothing done in the shops
of barbers; no idle walkers in the streets; but an air of solemnity
through the whole town." 1
It is recorded of 1757 that the number of communicants had
increased to nearly 300 and that 4 the place of worship, though it had
been enlarged was still too small, for numbers stood at the doors.
Hut this success was chiefly among the poor, for the greater part
of the rich, whether among the original members of his own congre-
gation, the inhabitants of the town, or the residents in the adjacent
villages, despised his preaching as mere enthusiasm.1 2
In 1757 Mr. Darracott had the first attack of the disorder which
ultimately caused his death. He recovered from this first attack, but
his head was so severely affected by the complaint that his labours
were much impeded.8
Owing to his failing health he administered the Lord's supper
for the la>t time, 3 December, 1758. His illness continued for
three months with intervals of excruciating pain arising from stones
in the kidneys, and he died 14 March, 1759, aged 4LV
Risdon Darracott by his will,8 dated 11 July, 1758, which was
proved at W ells bv his widow, 25 April, 1759, bequeathed to his
wife Katherine a messuage, with garden, orchard, &c, in South Street,
1 lately purchased of John Shattock and Robert Granger.? And he
further directed by his will that be desired to be 4 buried the fourth
or fifth day after my decease, about one o'clock in the morning; and
that the time be kept secret from all, but such as are hereafter
mentioned who are the only persons I desire may attend * me to
my last bed. My desire further is that Mr. Thomas, Thomas
Snook, William Parsons, Mi-. Cade,6 Thomas Hurford, and Robert
Tine carry me to my grave. Lei Mr. Varder be sent for to be with
1 Star of the West, pp. 106-7. 9 Ibid. pp. 116-7. :i find. p. 119. 1 Ibid. p. 129.
ft See p. 34 of this History, and Star of the West, pp. 140-1.
0 Robert Cade, whose daughter Elizabeth married the Rev. Richard Parminter,
pastor of this Congregation, 17(>7-77. Surah Parminter, the offspring of this union,
married the Rev. John Hareombe Cuff, pastor of this Congregation, 1819-45.
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them at the time, and let him spend one half hour in prayer in my
parlour, before they carry me away. At the grave I would have
nothing said, but let them commit my flesh to the dust, in cheerful
hope of a resurrection to eternal life ; let them all be concerned to
give me a joyful meeting at the great day.'
The funeral was conducted according to Mr. Darracotfs direc-
tions,1 but the time could not be kept entirely secret, consequently
4 immense multitudes attended at that early hour,"' and 4 the darkness
was dispelled by their numerous torches and its silence broken by
their sighs."
The funeral sermon,2 which was preached by his old friend the
Rev. Benjamin Fawceti of Kidderminster, at Wellington) 15 April,
1759, was printed, four editions at the least being published.
Risdon Darracott has been described by his biographer" as
being 4 slender4 and rather under, than above, the middle stature.
His countenance was all animation, benevolence and happiness,"' and
his manners were 4 graceful yet simple, indicating the man who from
benevolent condescension lived among the poor, while he was ever
prepared to instruct and delight the cultivated mind. . . . His con-
stitution was not vigorous, and his body gave early and frequent
intimations thai it could not long support the expenditure to which
it was doomed by his ardent spirit. . . . He was gentle and forgiving
to his enemies. It was frequently observed of him, that, bold as a
lion in the pulpit, he was, in the intercourse of life, meek as a lamb.1
xV portrait of him is prefixed to the second edition of his memoirs,
The Star of the West, by James Bennett.
Darracott was the friend and correspondent of Dr. Philip Dodd-
ridge, Rev. George Whitefield, Samuel Walker of Truro, Benjamin
Fawcett of Kidderminster, Dr. Haweis, and Janu s Hervey, some of
whose letters will be found in the Star of the West. Many other
letters to him from other eminent clerical and lay evangelicals were in
the possession of Sir James Risdon Bennett. Excerpts from some of
them are published in Dr. Charles Stanford's Life of Philip Doddridge,
Risdon Darracott married in December, 1741, Miss Kathenne
Besley5 of Barnstaple. This lady was, like himself, a descendant of
the puritan confessors who founded the dissenting churches. Her
mother's name was Peard, whose ancestor, Oliver Peard, is mentioned
in E. Calamy's Nonconformist'' 8 Memorial^ London, 180°., ii. 110, as
minister at Barnstaple. Mrs. Darracott after her husband's death
passed the rest of her life in widowhood and spent her last yean with
1 Star of the West, p. 143. ! Ibid. p. 147. J Ibid. p. 154.
4 George Whitefield, writing 7 July, 1759, from Edinburgh to the Rev. John
Gillies says : ' O for a hiding-place in heaven ! When will my turn come ? Some
say, not yet ; for I am growing fat. So did Mr. Darracott a little before he
died.' (Life of George WhUdMd, by L. Tycrman, London, 1877, ii. 419 )
5 Bennett, Star of the West, p. 49.
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her daughter, Mrs. Comley, at Romsey, Hants, where she died
28 December, 1799, aged 86.1 At her request she was buried with
the remains of her husband at Wellington.2
Of the children born of this marriage, Whitefield 3 in his letter to
Lady Huntingdon after his visit to Wellington in 1750, says that
Darracott 4 in the space of three months . . . hath lost three lovely
children." In 1756 he lost a fourth child.4 Another child, Katherine,
married John Comley, of Romsey, Hampshire, by licence at Taunton
St. Mary Magdalen, 22 May, 1765, by whom she had a daughter
who married the Rev. James Bennett, the author of The Star of
the West, being memoirs of Richard Darracott. From this marriage
there isssued Sir James Risdon Bennett, the famous physician, who
was born at Romsey, 29 September, 1809, and died 14 December,
1891, a biography of whom is published in the Dictionary of National
Biography, Supplementary volume, i. 168. Sir James Bennett had in
his possession many of the letters sent to Risdon Darracott by several
well-known lay and clerical evangelicals.
Another child of Risdon Darracott's was named Richard,5 who was
educated under the Rev. Mr. Churley of Uff'culm, Devon, and Rev.
Dr. Caleb Ashworth at Daventry. For more than twenty years he
preached alternately at Bishops Hull and Fullwood near Taunton.
He died at Taunton, 23 March, 1795, aged 44. It is of interest to
know that Malachi Blake (grandson of Malachi Blake,6 pastor at
Wellington about 1689-1705) also preached alternately at Fullwood,
and he also died in 1795. Joshua Toulmin in his History of Taunton,
1822, pp. viii. and 177, thanks the Rev. Richard Darracott of
Taunton for assistance received from him when compiling his work.
The following works are by Risdon Darracott : —
Scripture Marks of Salvation, drawn up to help Christians to
know the true state of their Souls. By Risdon Darracott (' The
Dedication. To my Dear Friends of Wellington, and the adjacent
villages/ is signed by Risdon Darracott, Wellington, 2 April, 1756,
and 'The Preface" by Samuel Hay ward, London, 14 April, 1756).
Many later editions of this work appeared, of which I find
recorded : 3rd edition, 1757, 12mo. ; 4th edition, 1757, 12mo. ; 7th
edition, London, 1777, pp. xiv. 61, 12mo. ; Edinburgh edition, 1804,
pp. xv. 68, 12mo. ; An 1813 edition, with notes by James Bennett,
appended to James Bennett's Star of the West, London, 1813 ; 55th
edition, Printed at Romsey for J. Rusher, Reading, 1815, pp. 80,
16mo. ' A biographical sketch of the life of Risdon Darracott ' is
1 Star of the West, 152. Memoir in Evangelical Magazine, 1800, vol. viii. 333-4.
2 Star of the West, p. 152. :! /hid. p 81. 4 Ibid. p. 105.
5 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 24484 f. 546', J. Hunter's IWHannia Puritanica ; also
The Protestant Dissenter's Magazine, May, 1795, ii. 216.
6 Brit. Mus. MS. 24484 f. 5*6.
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appended to this edition, in which it states that not less than 70,000
copies of this work had been circulated. Bath, 1820, pp. xiv. 77,
12mo.
In Bennett's Star of the West, 2nd edition, 1815, p. 183, it is
inferred that Darracott also published tracts entitled The Guide to
Heaven, and Examples of Heavenly Contemplation.
Emanuel Green, in his Bibliotheca Somersetensis, Taunton, 1890,
ii. 348, mentions 6 A manuscript found among the papers of the
late Mr. R. Darracott, minister at Wellington, Somersetshire, 4 pp.
sm. 8vo. 1792/
There are various biographies of Risdon Darracott, the principal
being
The Star of the West ; being memoirs of Risdon Darracott, minister
of the gospel at Wellington, Somerset, with his portrait. To which
are added extracts from his correspondence and Mr. Darracott's
'Scripture Marks ' with notes. By James Bennett. Romsey, 1813,
pp. xi. 172, 62, 12mo. Frontispiece : Portrait of Risdon Darracott.
2nd edition [enlarged], Rotherham, 1815, pp. xviii. 224, 12mo.
Frontispiece : Portrait of Risdon Darracott.
Biography of Risdon Darracott, by W. P. Courtney, in the
Dictionary of National Biogi-aphy.
Other biographies are also in the Evangelical Magazine, August,
1795, vol. iii. 305-9 ; Sunday at Home, March, 1868, pp. 165-8.
The Penzance Congregational Magazine, 1877, vol. iii. pp. ix. x.
xii.-xiv. xxv.
Funeral Sermon. Christian stedfastness or St. PauTs affectionate
pleas with his converts at Philippi to stand fast in the Lord. A ser-
mon occasioned by the death of the reverend Mr. Risdon Darracott,
who departed this life March 14, 1759, in the forty-third year of
his age. Preached at Wellington in Somerset, April 15, 1759. By
Benjamin Fawcett. Salop, 1759, 8vo. ; 2nd edition, Salop, 1759,
8vo. ; 3rd edition, London, 1759, 8vo. ; 4th edition, Shrewsbury,
1744, 12mo.
JEREMIAH FIELD (about 1759-1767).
Darracott was succeeded in the ministry by the Rev. Jeremiah
Field, who on the 4 August, 1763, assisted with others at Broad mead
in Bristol ' to set apart to the pastoral office 1 Andrew Kinsman, who
had received a call from a society at Plymouth Dock.1
Mr. Field died 27 April, 1767,2 and his funeral sermon was
preached by the Rev. Mr. Johnson of Taunton.
1 Evangelical Magazine, 1793, i, 55.
2 Historical Records of the Church, by Rev. James Lc Couteur, iSmmtmJ
County Gazette, 12 May, 1860.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
RICHARD PARMINTER (1767-1777).
The Rev. Richard Parminter, who settled here in succession to
Field in September, 1767,1 was educated for the ministry under Mr.
Rooker, at Bridport,2
I have two other references to the education of Parminters
belonging to the West Counties. (1) Andrew Parminter, a
4 Moravian ' who was a pupil of Dr. Doddridge's at Northampton
in 1740. {Correspondence of Philip Doddridge, London, 1831, vol. v.
549). Of him Dr. Doddridge, writing to the Rev. Mr. Ball of
Honiton, Devon, 2 July, 1743, says that he was 6 one of the most
excellent youths I have ever known, or probably shall know. Were
all students for the ministry like him, I should expect that Christ
was about to erect his kingdom among us with a glory hitherto
unknown ' (Congregational Magazine, June, 1829, N.s. vol. v. 317).
(2) In a list of 4 Students in Coward's Academy during the time Dr.
David Jennings was appointed tutor , under the year 1752 there is
entered, 4 — — Parminter, an attorney in Somersetshire or Devon,
settled in Barnstaple, Devon; (Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 24442, fol. 141,
Joseph Hunter 's Memoirs for a History of Protestant Dissenters.)
During Parminter's ministry at Wellington there was much
agitation throughout the country among the various churches for
the removal of certain restrictions. On 6 February, 1772, certain
clergy of the Established Church presented a petition8 to Parliament
to be relieved from subscribing to the Thirty-nine Articles, which
gave rise to a debate of eight hours. The Protestant Dissenters
moved to obtain relief from subscription to doctrinal articles, and a
letter4 was circulated early in 1772 convening a meeting of Dissent-
ing Ministers at the Library in Redcross Street, London, to consider
the best means of making an 4 application to Parliament to take oft*
the Subscription required of Protestant Dissenting Ministers by the
Toleration Act, and to put Tutors and Schoolmasters upon a safer
footing than they now are.1 An application5 was made and a Bill
was brought into the House of Commons, 3 April, 1772, and
passed ; but was rejected by the Lords, and was rejected a second
time by the Lords in 1773. Of this 4 Application ' to Parliament,
1 Historical Records of the Church, by J. Lc Couteur, in Somerset. Cant) It/
Gazette, 12 May, 1860.
2 Walter Wilson's Account of various Congregations in England, vol. iii. f. 10, a
MS. in Dr. Williams's Library, London.
:: Copy of the Petition, see Gentleman's Magazine, 1772, vol. xlii. 61. Names
of the clergy who signed it, see Monthly Repository, 1818, vol. xiii. p. 15.
4 Copy of the letter, see Gentleman's Magazine, 1772, vol. xlii. 128.
5 For its contents sec The Case of the Protestant Dissenting Ministers and School-
ni'is/crs, humbly submitted to Consideration,1 British Museum, 215 i. 3 (114).
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Richard Parminter and Robert Day, the pastor of the Baptist
Church in South Street 4 approved and concurY!.1 1
In 1772 reports collected concerning the state of the various
dissenting churches state that the dissenting 4 interest flourishes at
Wellington more than formerly as does the town itself.*1 2
On 19 October, 1772, a deed of Assignment'' was executed
concerning the Presbyterian Church at Wellington between John
French and Henry Burrow.
In 1776 a Trust deed concerning the repairing of the Meeting
House was executed, i.e., by an Indenture4 made 20 June, 16 Geo.
III., 1776, Henry Waldron of Wiveliscombe, Som., Gent., and James
Lane5 [i.e., Lean] of the same place, mercer, granted, bargained, sold,
&c, upon Trusts, to James Shattock, the elder, yeoman, Robert Carle,
William Gyles and James Shattock the younger, serge makers, and
Joseph Pyne, woolcomber, all of Wellington, Som., and Thomas
Shattock and William Shattock of Runnington, Som., serge makers,
4 All those three closes of ground called or commonly known by the
name of Cordings containing by estimation 7 acres situated within
the parish of Wellington and formerly parcel of the manor of Jurson
otherwise Jurdaston in the co. of Somerset, which premises were late
the lands and inheritance of Charles Peter Bardet deceased who bv
his will dated 5 May 1775 gave and devised the same unto and to
the use of the said Henry Waldron and James Lane [i.e. Lean] their
heirs &c. for ever."1 The above-named Trustees to pay and dispose of
the rents and profits of the said premises for and towards the
4 repairing supporting and keeping up of the Dissenting Presbyterian
Meeting House in Wellington aforesaid of which the Reverend
Richard Parminter is now pastor in such manner as the Trustees
their heirs or assigns or the major part of them for the time being
shall think fit . . . for so long time as such Meeting House shall be
there used and continued as a place of Religious Worship for Pro-
testant Dissenters.1 If at any time the said Meeting House shall be
let down or discontinued, then the rents, &c., shall be paid for the
repairing supporting and keeping up such other Meeting House . . .
for Protestant Dissenters of the Presbvterian persuasion as the
Trustees shall think fit, preference being given to a Meeting House in
Wellington. The Trustees never to be 4 less than four or three at
1 Two MSS. in Dr. Williams's Library, London, A State, of the. Dissenting
Interest . . . collected Oct. 1772, fol. 32 verso. Walter Wilson's Collection . . .
for the Hist, and Succession of Dissent ing Cong., fol. 338, 311. Also Brit. Mus. Add.
MS. 21484, fol. 547.
2 MS. in Dr. Williams's Library. Thompson's State of the Dissenting hitn >s\
1715-fi and 1772-3. Also in Brit. Mas. Add. MS. 32057.
3 I could not obtain particulars of this deed, as my applications for information
to the Rev. G. W. Joyce have been ignored. — A. L. H.
4 Public Record Office, Close Roll (No. 6443), 16 George III. part IS, No. f).
5 He signed his name Lean.
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
least," and never to exceed nine. Trustees to allow unto themselves
all reasonable costs as they may be put to.
Signed by Hen. Waldron, Jas. Lean, Jas. Shattock, Robert Cade,
Willm. Gyles, James Shattock, Joseph Pyne, Thos. Shattock, and
Willm. Shattock.
Witnesses : John Broadfoot, Roger Southwood, Thos. Coram,
John Tuttell, Richd. Handfast, and Sarah Hill. Inrolled 2 July, 1776.
Mr. Parminter left his Wellington congregation in December,
1777.1 The next we hear of him is in 1780, when he supplied the
pulpit for some months at Kidderminster during the illness and until
the death of Benjamin Fawcett, the pastor there. In connection with
this it is of interest to remember that Risdon Darracott had some
years previously also preached at Kidderminster, having exchanged
pulpits for a time with Mr. Fawcett, and that Mr. Fawcett had
preached the funeral sermon for Risdon Darracott.2 The Rev. Job
Orton, writing to the Rev. Mr. Hughes, 13 September, 1780,3
states, 4 We are at present supplied by Mr. Parminter, a sensible,
worthy, serious man, from the west, who, happily for us, was dis-
engaged. He was a pupil of Mr. Rooker, but has nothing of his
narrowness. Our people in general like him well ; only those who are
fond of the methodists think he does not make noise enough, nor
preach so much in the antinomian strain as their favourite preachers
do. Our congregation is in a very bad state, and I see nothing
before us but confusion and division, if another choice should soon be
necessary.1 Mr. Fawcett died the next month, and 4 Mr. Parminter,
the curate,1 attended the funeral.4 It was thought that Parminter
would succeed Fawcett at Kidderminster, but he did not please all
parties ; a section of them left and formed a new meeting and became
Unitarians. Those that remained ultimately selected Mr. Barrett for
their pastor.5
Parminter obtained a pastorate at Ilminster in 1781, where he
stayed until 1787,6 when he accepted a call to become the minister of
the Dissenting Congregation at Wiveliscombe, which position he held
until his death, 6 August, 1800. Parminter fell down the stairs in
his house at Wiveliscombe, having stumbled over a broom left there
by his servant. He died three days after, from the injuries received.
He married Elizabeth Cade (daughter of Robert and Sarah Cade of
Wellington), who was born 19 March, 1758, and died 4 January,
1847, aged eighty-nine. After her husband's death she returned to
Wellington to live where her father and mother had lived.7
1 J. Le Couteur, Historical Records, in Somerset Co. Gaz. 12 May, 1860.
2 See p. 351. 3 Practical Works of Job Orton, London, 1842, ii. 594.
4 Ibid. p. 630.
5 Walter Wilson's Account of various Congregations in England, vol. iii. fol. 10,
98 ; a MS. in Dr. Williams's Library. 6 Ibid. fol. 10.
7 Letter from Mrs. Miller to A. L. H.
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It is of additional interest to the Wellington Congregation that
Richard Parminter's daughter Sarah married John Harcombe Cuff,
who was pastor of this church from 1812 to 1845.
JOSEPH CHADWICK (1778-1785?).
The Rev. Joseph Chadwick, who succeeded Parm inter in the
pastorate at Wellington, was the great-grandson of the Rev. Joseph
Chadwick who was ejected for nonconformity from his church at
Winsford, Somerset, in 1662.1 The latter had a son, Thomas, who
became a dissenting minister, and resided for many years at Taunton,
where he kept a large grammar-school, under whom many men among
the Dissenters were educated, preparatory to their academical studies.
Thomas had a son named Joseph, the father of the subject of this
biography, who was educated for the ministry under Mr. Grove2 at
the Taunton Academy, but he was never settled with any congrega-
tion, having been obliged by ill-health to decline the pastoral office,
though he lived to his eighty-first year a very retired life, and died
at Taunton, his native place, 25 February, 1785. Joseph, his son,
who became the pastor at Wellington, was born at Trull, near
Taunton, 19 September (Old Style), 1751. 3 He, besides being the
descendant of the Rev. Joseph Chadwick who was ejected for non-
conformity from Winsford, could also claim descent from the Rev.
Geo. Thorne,4 who was also ejected for nonconformity from his living
at Weymouth.5 He has been heard to say that his father was a man
of no energy, and that whatever advantage he might gain from
parental instructions, or example, or aid, was derived from his mother.6
In his youth he was apprenticed to a peruke maker and hair-
dresser at Taunton. During the course of his apprenticeship, his
general conduct, piety, and ardent thirst for knowledge, as indicated
by his love of reading, attracted the attention of John Toller, Esq.,
an attorney at Taunton.7 It is believed that Mr. Toller bought Mr.
Chadwick out of his apprenticeship and sent him to study under the
Rev. Mr. Kirkup, of South Petherton, with whom he remained two
years, and made remarkable progress in his studies, especially the
classics.8 Then he finished his academical training under Mr. Rooker
at Bridport, supported by funds provided by the 4 Independent Fund
1 Calaray, Nonconformist's Mem. 1803, iii. 221.
2 Monthly Repository, 1818, vol. xiii. 89, 234.
3 For the account of the Chadwick family, by Joseph Chadwick, see Monthly
Repository, 1818, vol. xiii. 233-5.
4 T. Coleman, Independent Churches in Northamptonshire, 1853, p. -260.
5 For an account of George Thorne and his ejectment from Weymouth, see
Densham and Ogle, Congregational Churches of Dorset, 1899, pp. 81, 90, 367, 414,
424, also Calamy's Nonconf. Memorial.
6 T. Coleman, Ind. Churches in Northants. p. 260. 7 U)id. 8 Ibid.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
in London;'1 and when he left in the summer of 1778, he went
' immediately ... to Wellington to be the stated minister of the
people that formerly enjoyed the labours of . . . the Rev. Risdon
Darracott.' 2
In the opinion of some, Mr. Chadwick .seems to have shown a
leaning to LTnitarian principles, for when he wrote 20 Jnly, 1778,
to his late tutor, Mr. Rooker, to invite him to preach at Wel-
lington on the 31st of the same month, when the neighbouring
ministers were also invited to assist him at his ordination, Mr.
Rooker replied by letter, dated 25 July, 1778, 6 It has not a little
grieved your real friends at this place and elsewhere, that on finishing
your academical studies, you the same week threw yourself into the
arms of those ministers, whose views and conduct are directly opposite
to one of the grand designs of this academy [at Bridport], and to
some of the leading principles of those judicious persons [the Rev.
Ministers and Gentlemen, managers of the Independent Fund in
London] by whom you Mas for several years liberally supported . . .
you know, that it is my avowed principle, not to join in the religious
services of a meeting of ministers with such persons as do not believe,
what I judge to be, the proper Divinity of Christ, and that that is
with me a parting point.13
Presumably this attitude of Mr. Rooker influenced the managers
of the 4 Independent Fund in London,' who withheld from Mr.
Chadwick and his Wellington Congregation the monetary assistance
that his predecessors in the pastorate had received from them.4 The
correspondence concerning this matter was published by Benjamin
Fawcett5 of Kidderminster, and of which the following is a brief
risumi.
' Tannton, 14 Nov. 1778.
1 Rev. Thomas Reader0 to Rev. Chadwick.
* Dear Sir, — I received a letter from Mr. Barber of London, in
which are these words, — " I applied to the Fund for the Wellington
people at the last Meeting, when a doubt arose whether Mr.
Chadwick believes the doctrine of the Trinity, which is regarded by
us as a doctrine of great importance. Not being able to remove the
difficulty myself, I was desired to write to you, to enquire into this
1 B. Fawcett, Appendix to the 2nd edit, of Candid Reflections, 1780. p. 17.
2 Ibid. p. 16. :! Ibid. p. 17.
4 Ibid. 19. See also A Plea for Truth and Candour . . . in which are some
remarks on . . . Ben}. Faiocetfs Appendix, &c, Lon. 1781, pp. 54-5.
5 B. Fawcett, Appendix to the 2nd edit, of Candid Reflections, Shrewsbury, 1780,
pp. 16-33. Mr. Fawcett in this pamphlet also complains of Mr. Rooker's attitude
at his son's [Samuel Fawcett] ordination service at Beaminster, Dorset, in 1776.
6 Minister of Paul's Meeting, Taunton, 1771-94. Benjamin Fawcett, the author
of 1 Candid Reflections,' was minister of Paul's Meeting, 1741-5; then he went to
Kidderminster.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
matter. No time is to be lost, because the next Meeting of the Fund
will be on Tuesday, December 7th. It will give me pleasure, if vou
are able to remove the difficulty, and I shall apply again with the
hope of success.1'
* I know nothing of it how the doubt arose, but think it will be
best for you to write yourself immediately to the Rev. Mr. Barber,
Artillery Court, London. Your best prosperity will always rejoice,
dear Sir, your affectionate, T. Reader."
Mr. Chadwick answered this by a long letter to the Rev. Mr.
Barber, dated Wellington, 23 November, 1778, in which he
endeavoured to explain the position to which he had arrived con-
cerning the 4 doctrine of the Trinity.1 He stated, 1 As to what
relates to the niceties of human invention and interpretation, in
explaining a doctrine so sublime, so mysterious, and so peculiar to
revelation, I am intirely of the opinion of Dr. Doddridge, in his
Lectures on the subject, and of Mr. Fawcett in his enlargement on
that part of the Dr.'s Lectures in his Candid Reflections. In con-
sequence of this opinion, I never make any attempt to explain it . . .
I now come directly to the point, and declare my belief of the
doctrine of the Trinity, as it is left on record in the New Testament,
without the incumbrance of any human scheme. 7 believe There are
Three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost, and these Three are one. If it be asked, how they are three ?
and how one ? I freely own, I cannot tell. Neither can I find it
precisely determined in any other passage of scripture.1 Mr. Chad-
wick then quotes a long extract from one of his sermons showing how
he regarded 4 the infinite dignity of the Lord Jesus Christ,1 and
further adds, 4 1 am not much concerned, on my own account, how
they [his sentiments] may be relished by the Gentlemen of the
Society. It is a very small thing to be judged of man's judgment.
I should be sorry, however, on account of the people, should the usual
exhibition be with-held, as the generality of them are very poor, so
that the}^ would find it difficult to support a minister without it.
4 1 am, Rev. Sir, your humble servant,
4 Joseph Chadwick/
The foregoing letter was answered by one from the Rev. Richard
Winter to the Rev. Mr. Chadwick, dated London, 1 December,
1778, viz., 4 The letter which you wrote to my brother Barber w as
communicated by him to several ministers, who, [desired] that I
would write to you upon the subject. With respect to myself, I am
so far satisfied, as you declare your belief of 44 the infinite dignity of
the Lord Jesus Christ.1'' . . . Now, Sir, my request to you i^. in
which several of my brethren concur, that you will be explicit on this
passage of sacred scripture, whether you do, ex animo, believe that the
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Lord Jesus Christ is equal zvith God the Father? Whether, when
he is styled God in scripture, you understand, that he is inferiour to
the Father ? Or, that he is possessed of the same incommunicable
perfections ? Or, in one word, whether you believe, that Christ as
God is self-existent ? . . . I am, Sir, your humble servant,
6 Richard Winter.1
To this Joseph Chad wick answered, early in December, 1778, by a
long letter, in which he says, 6 You ask me " whether I believe, that
Christ as God is self-existent ? " Do you mean another God, equal
to, and independent on, God the Father ? Or, the same God with
the Father ? Or, if not, what is meant ? For it is necessary, that I
should understand the genuine meaning of the question, or else it is
impossible for me to give an answer. Is Christ then another God,
different from, or the same God with the Father ? Can there be
more than one Being, that is self-existent ? ... As to the passage of
scripture you mention, I have always used it, till I received your
letter, as it is in our translation, which I would not have done, had I
thought it was not rightly rendered. I still think the original will
bear the same rendering ; that is, equal ; though I am not without a
doubt, whether, as, would not be the most proper. — You desire an
explanation of this passage. I freely own, I am unequal to the
task. ... 6 1 am, Rev. Sir, your humble servant,
' Joseph Chadwick.')
To this letter Mr. Chadwick did not receive any answer, neither
did he receive any aid from the 4 Managers of the Independent
Fund ' as his predecessors had received. The 4 Fund 1 was applied to
for aid again by the Wellington people in 1779, but without success,
therefore Mr. Chadwick wrote to Benjamin Fawcett 24 November,
1779 1 asking him to publish the correspondence in his Appendix
to his Candid Reflections.
On 13 April, 1780, 4 The Reverend Joseph Chadwick, batchelor,
and Mary Kerbey,2 spinster," both of the parish of Wellington, were
married at the parish church, St. John the Baptist,3 the witnesses
being William Kerbey and Elizabeth Adams, and the officiating
minister J. Syndercombe, curate.
When Mr. Chadwick left Wellington is not exactly known, but
we know that he was holding he pastorate of the chapel in Newland,4
1 Fawcett, Append, to Candid Reflections, 1780, p. 19.
2 Walter Wilson's Collection of Dissenting Cong. fol. 174, dealing with Sherborne,
says it was Miss Kirby of Bristol (MS. in Dr. Williams's Lib.)
3 The Register of Marriages.
4 It is well to remember that the pastors of this chapel had practically become
Unitarians and it was this chapel that refused to allow Risdon Darracott to preach
in its pulpit, which brought about a split in the congregation, those that left forming
a new congregation of which Mr. Varder who lived near Wellington became the
first pastor. See p. 349.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Sherborne, Dorset, in 1785,1 that he was living in the minister's house
adjoining the chapel in Newland in January, 1790, and left Sherborne
in the same year.2
From Sherborne, Joseph Chadwick went to the Independent
Church at Oundle, Northamptonshire, where he was pastor from
1790 until he resigned at Midsummer 1831.3 He died 7 May, 1841,
aged 89, and Mr. T. N. Toller of Kettering (the grandson of Mr.
Chadwick's patron at Taunton) preached his funeral sermon.4
Mr. Chadwick was a man of considerable learning, and an
indefatigable reader of the most solid works in theology and in general
literature.5 Unfortunately towards the end of his long life evidences
of an uncertain mental balance'5 made themselves manifest, and one
day, after his retirement from the pastorate, he sent for all the deeds
and records belonging to his church at Oundle, and then threw them
on the fire — this loss was irreparable.7
Chadwick contributed an account of his ancestry to The
Monthly Repository, April, 1818, vol. xiii. 233-5.
JOHN GILES (1786-1795).
The next to undertake the ministry of this church was the Rev.
John Giles. He was born at Caerleon,8 Monmouthshire, in 1758.
Presumably he accepted the pastorate sometime in 1786,9 as he
entered the first entry in the ' Register of Births, Baptisms and
Burials," the baptism of George, son of Thos. and Grace Winter, on
10 December, 1786, and signed it ' Registered by me John Giles.1
Le Couteur, in his account of the church,10 states that John Giles w as
4 ordained in the autumn of 1787.'
On the 26 December, 1792, at a public meeting in Wellington,
with Rear- Admiral Sawyer in the chair, an Association was formed
entitled 'Wellington Association for Supporting the King and
Constitution of this Nation, and for the Preservation of their
1 Walter Wilson's Collection, fol 174, says 1786-1790, (MS. in Dr. Williams's Lib.)
2 W. Denshara and J. Ogle, Congregational Churches of Dorset, 1899, p. 260.
See also Walter Wilson's Collections, &e., a MS. in Dr. Williams's Library, under
Wellington and Sherborne, fol. 174 and 338.
3 Thomas Coleman, Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire,
London, 1853, pp. 260-1.
4 Ibid. p. 261. 5 Ibid.
6 Probably it was a family complaint, for James Chadwick, who studied for the
ministry under Mr. Moore at Bridgwater, resided at Taunton and suffered with a
disordered mind (Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 21442, f. 152).
7 From information supplied by the Rev. F. Ives Cater, minister at Oundle.
8 J. Coffin, Hist, of Newbury, Boston [Mass.], 1845, p. 373.
9 According to S. P. Williams in his Sermon preached at the Funeral of John
Giles, Newburyport, 1824, p. 14, Giles was only nineteen when he was ordained to
his first ministerial office at Wellington. This does not agree with his age at death.
10 Somerset Co. Gaz. 12 May, 1860.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Liberties and Properties against Levellers and Republicans/ Many
of the well-known people of the district were present, and a Com-
mittee was formed, amongst whom might be mentioned the Rev.
Robt. Jarratt, vicar of the parish, Richard Bo vet, Frank Sealy
Bridge, John Southerton, lord of the manor, Rev. John Cherry, the
Baptist minister, and the Rev. John Giles, the subject of this bio-
graphy. One of the Resolutions passed called upon the members * to
use their utmost endeavours to render every assistance in their power,
and in their respective callings to support the Constitution, under the
King, Lords, and Commons 1 against Republicans. The opinions and
the position that John Giles held in this Association present a marked
contrast to many of the opinions he uttered in after years when he
was resident in America and publicly avowed his enmity to a
monarchy.
In the Register of Births the following children of John and Jane
Giles are mentioned : Jemima, b. 22 June, 1787 ; Peach, b. 19
June, 1789 ; Narcissa, b. 13 February, 1791 ; and Mira Ann,
b. 17 June, 1794. The last entries made by John Giles in the Re-
gister were the christenings of twenty-nine persons on 21 September,
1794.
He left his Wellington congregation at Lady Day, 1795, with the
idea of proceeding to America because of his 4 strong partiality to the
free constitution and republican principles 1 of the government of that
country.1 But he delayed going because ' the peculiar interest . . .
which a little church in the city of Exeter had taken in him and the
urgent intercession of his christian friends that he would lend, awhile,
his efforts to its establishment and growth, prevailed on him to take
the oversight and pastoral charge of that flock.1- The welfare of
the Independent Church at Exeter, which had recently been erected
on the site of the 'horrible pit1 belonging to the old prison, and of
which Giles was its first pastor,3 increased under his care, but he left
it and went to the United States of America in 1798. He ministered
for a time at Trumbull, a small village in Connecticut, and then at
Elizabethtown, in New Jersey. Here he was unanimously called to
become their pastor, but declined, returned to Trumbull, where he
accepted an invitation to become their pastor, and remained two
years. In 1802 he visited the Rev. John Boddily, the first minister
of the Second Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts,
and was invited to supply the pulpit. On 20 July, 1803, he was
installed as pastor of this church He held this office for twenty-one
years, died on 28 September, 1824, 'after fifteen weeks1 excruciating
sickness,1 and was buried at Newburyport. The inscription on the
1 S. P. Williams, Funeral Sermon on John (/ties, p. 11. 3 Ibid.
3G. Oliver, Hist, of Exeter, 1861, p. 193. Evangelical M<«/. 1795, vol. iii. 333;
1797, vol. v. 339-40.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
monument 1 erected to his memory reads 4 Here lies interred the
remains of the Rev. John Giles for twenty two years Pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church in this town. He died 28 Sept. 1824,
aged 66/ Samuel Porter Williams, the pastor of the First Pres-
byterian Church in Newburyport, preached his funeral sermon on
1 October, 1824, which was afterwards printed.2
Mr. Williams, in his sermon,3 said of John Giles, * It was not his,
to temporize, nor keep back anything that was profitable for doctrine
or reproof or correction or instruction in righteousness. His, was not
that negative and superficial kind of preaching which leaves the hearer
at a loss for his doctrine, or the characteristics of his faith.'
It has been said of him that ' He was a flaming democrat," and
used to pray for the success of 4 thy servant Napoleon.1 1
He appears to have developed an antipathy to England which he
was not backward in disclosing in his Addresses, three of which were
published. From the Address delivered before the Republican Citizens
of Newburyport and the neighbouring towns in the Rev. John Giles
Meeting- House., on the Fourth of July, 1809. By the Rev. John Giles.
Published by W. and J. Gilman, Middle-Street, Newburyport, 1809.
Pp. 16, 8vo., the following extracts will show his change of opinion
from when he was one of the Committee of the Wellington Associa-
tion in 1792 : 4 England has been, and still is called our parent, or
mother country. But, ah ! how unnatural for a mother to hate the
prosperity and happiness of her children. Such has England been to
us, a cruel and unnatural parent.1 Throughout the address he com-
pared the condition of the people and the government of England
with that of America, very much to the disadvantage of England.
Two of his discourses, which were published, created a good deal
of criticism, an edition of which was issued with an 4 Appendix "
containing the critics1 opinions, in a pamphlet entitled Two Dis-
courses5 delivered to the Second Presbyterian Society in Newburyport,
August 20, 1812, the day recommended by the President of the United
States, for National Humiliation and Prayer. By the Rev. John
Giles. With a copious Appendix. Printed by W. B. and H. G.
1 J. Coffin, Hist, of Newbury, 1845, p. 386.
- The Faithful Minister's Monument. A Sermon preached at the Funeral of the
Rev. John Giles senior pastor of the second Presbi/ferian Church and Society in
Neioburyport, October 1, 1824. By Samuel Porter "Williams. Newburyport, 1824.
From this sermon most of the details of Giles' life in America are taken. See also
J. Coffin, Hist, of Newbury, 1845, pp. 3T3, 386 ; E. V. Smith, Hut, of Xeicburyport,
1854, p. 311 ; Caleb Cushing, Hist. . . .of Sew bury port, 1826, p. 57 ; J. A. Vinton,
The Giles Memorial, Boston, 1864, p. 163. This book concerning the 'Giles'
families of America contains very meagre information concerning the Rev.
John Giles.
3 P. 15.
4 J. A. Vinton, Giles Memorial, L864, p. 163.
5 On Psalm cvi. 24 : — ' Yea, they despised the pleasant land.'
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Allen, Haverhill, 1812. Pp. 28. In these discourses John Giles
continued his abuse of England and the glorification of America. On
p. 5 he states, 4 1 am the avowed and open enemy of what is called
monarchy," and he finished his first discourse with a half-hidden wish
to see the downfall of England : 4 Let us wait awhile, and we may
live to see the time, wherein it shall not be said by the voice of faith,
but by the voice of sense itself, Babylon [England], the great, is
fallen, is fallen ! ' In the Appendix, pp. 26-28, by parallel columns
of extracts from the first discourse and from the works of Thomas
Paine, the famous author of the Rights of Man, etc., it is shown that
John Giles had plagiarised much of the sentiments and copied many
of Paine's phrases verbatim.
John Giles is mentioned in the Historical Account of the First
Presbyterian Church . . . in Newburyport, by Samuel P. Williams,
1826, pp. 39, 61, as having returned some records belonging to the
'First1 church.
The Rev. William Morrison, minister of the Presbyterian Church,
at Londonderry, New Hampshire, delivered a sermon at the installa-
tion of John Giles as pastor at Newburyport, in 1803. This sermon
was published.1
THOMAS PARISH (1795-1799?)
John Giles left his Wellington congregation at Lady Day, 1795,
and his successor, the Rev. Thomas Parish, preached his first sermon
to the members of the ' Independent Presbyterian Meeting-house 1 on
29 March, 1795.2
Thomas Parish had been educated at Trevecca, and itinerated in
Cornwall under the patronage of Lady Huntingdon. He became the
ordained minister of Bethesda Chapel, Truro, about 1788, and
remained there until 1790. He left somewhat abruptly, and, having
been ordained a curate of the Established Church, he became curate
to the Rev. Grand, Rector of Dyrham, in Gloucestershire, and
at some period afterwards he was situated at Sheffield.3
After accepting the pastorate at Wellington in 1795,- he must
soon have discovered that his call to undertake the ministry at
Wellington was not so unanimous or satisfactory as one in his position
had a right to expect. A split occurred in the congregation during
the first year of his ministry, as the following, taken from the drafts
or copies of two letters addressed to him, in different handwritings,
disclose :
1 W. B. Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit, New York, 1859, vol. iii. 437.
- Le Couteur's Hist, of the Church, Som. Co. Gaz. 18 May, 1860.
8 Life and Times of Si Una, Countess of Huntingdon, 1844, vol. ii. 41 5-16 ; Boase
and Courtney, BibUo. Cornub. 1878, ii. 493.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
' To the Reverend Mr. Thomas Parish.
■ We whose names are hereunder set, being protestant dissenters,
meeting for religiouse worship at the Independent Presbyterian
Meeting-house in the parish of Wellington in the County of Somerset,
having some time since given you our call to be a Pastor of the above
Church & Congregation for the space of one year from the Date
thereof ; and being now sensible of your abilities, and from the great
prospect there is of your being useful to our Souls & the Souls
of others in the Town of Wellington and parts adjacent, We have
reason to believe that the Lord of the Vineyard hath sent you to us
in answer of prayer. Wherefore we feel ourselves earnestly Desirous
of your Continuance here, Have therefore unanimously agreed to give
you another & further call to continue with us and to execute your
Pastoral duties among us, And we Do hereby nominate and appoint
you to Minister unto us in holv things, not for one year onlv but for
so long a time and for so many years as the Lord in his providence
shall think fit, And we earnestly pray that the Great-head of the
Church will incline yon to accept of this our call and to enable us
to esteem and respect you as the Minister of Christ and a steward
of the mysteries of God, should you, Sir, be disposed to accept of this
invitation and continue with us we hope you will be mad the
honoured instrument of doing much good, and that you will live to
see the work of the Lord prosper in your Hands. We now commit
our selves and you to the wise Disposer of Events, humbly beseeching
him to undertake for us and to do with us that which shall be most
for the glory of his name and the eternal welfare of our immortal
souls. Dated at Wellington aforesaid this 31st Day of October,
1795/ No names are attached to this manuscript.1
The second manuscript, although in a different handwriting, from
its phraseologv, bears the mark of having been composed by the same
writer as the above, but I cannot tell which of the two was presented
to Mr. Parish. It is as follows :
4 We the Church and Congregation of Protestant Dissenters
meeting for religious Worship at the Independent Meetinhouse in
Wellington, having had the Pleasure to sit under your Ministry
with Satisfaction & Profit & being anxiously concerned for your
Continuance amongst us ; see it our Duty to come forward &
give you a fresh Call to the Pastoral Office. And as we have Reason
to believe that the Lord of the Vinyard has sent you to us in Answer
to Prayer, we hope he will not suffer you to Depart. [We are sorry to
find that you have met with so much illiberal & unkind Treatment
from those who professed to be your Friends ; but as they have
thought propper to withdraw themselves from us, & have manifested
1 A. L. H. Collections.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
the strongest and highest Degree of Prejudice against you ; we wish to
consider them as intirely out of Question, & so long as they retain
their present unhappy Spirit & persecuting Principles we cannot
help looking upon them as enemies to the Peace and Prosperity of
our spiritual Jerusalem.]1
4 We do therefore unanimously agree to give you this [second call
to be our Pastor]1 call to the Pastoral Office, to go in and out before
us & to Minister to us in holy things not for one year only, but as
long as the Lord in his Providence shall see meet to continue you
among us. We hope Dear Sir you will consider our situation &
we pray that the Great Head of the Church will Dispose you to
accept of this our Call, and enable us to esteem and treat you as a
Minister of Christ and a Steward of the Mysteries of God. We trust
we can say we wish to have the Word faithfully preached, to have
our sins & errors detected & to be reproved & rebuked as well
as comforted. Should you be disposed to continue with us we hope
you will be made the honoured Instrument of doing much good &
that you will live to see the work of the Lord prosper in your Hands.
Having said thus much we commit ourselves & you to the Disposer
of events, beseeching him to undertake for us & do with us,
that which shall be most for the Glory of his Name and the eternal
Welfare of our immortal Souls. Dated at Wellington afsd the 1st
Day of Nov1 1795/ 2
Evidently Mr. Parish acceded to the request of those who re-
mained as members of the Presbyterian Church and continued to be
their pastor, although the fruits of his office were meagre and some-
what uncertain, as the following petition3 discloses :
'To the Honourable Congregational Fund board, London. The
Humble Petition of the Society of Independent Presbyterian
Dissenters of Wellington in the County of Somerset.
' Sheweth : That your petitioners being very poor and not able
to raise sufficient support for their Pastor the Reverend Mr. Thomas
Parish whose last quarter's Benefit amounted to only ^8 13,9. 9d.
therefore your petitioners humbly prays to have the Benefit of your
Beneficent Fund board.
' And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray.
' Signed on the Behalf of your petitioners by.1
On the back of this copy of the petition is written : ' This is to
certify that the Reverend Mr. Thomas Parish, Minister of the Gospel
at Wellington in the County of Somerset is a Gentleman Well known
1 The parts within square brackets are crossed through with ink in the manu-
script.
■ A. L. H. Collections.
:{ Contemporary copy in A. L. H. Collections, but with no signatures.
366
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
to us Who sustains a very good moral character and whose private
conversation is agreeable to his public instructions. Witness our
Hands the 28 day of November 1795/
In connection with the foregoing petition the following was also
written :
' To the Managers of the Independent Congregational Fund,
London.
'Gentlemen, When the Reverend Mr. Giles determined to leave
us at Ladyday last, We applied to the Reverend Mr. Parish lately
pastor of the Independent Church at Truro, who having spent some
Lords Days with us, and being generally approved of, we gave him
an unanimous invitation to exercise the Pastoral Office among us.
Our Congregation is numerous, but consists chiefly of poor people
who can do but little for the support of the Ministry, We therefore
whose names are subscribed, for ourselves and in the name of the
rest of the society, most humbly and earnestly request your kind
Assistance that the blessed Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ may
still be preached among us. And the Favour will with a lively
sense of Gratitude be acknowledged as by others of the society, so
particularly by
' Gentlemen,
4 Your obliged Humble Servants.11
Presumably when the foregoing application was sent to the
' Independent Congregational Fund 1 it was accompanied by a certi-
ficate of merit signed by Richard Parminter, a former pastor of this
church, for at the foot of the above document is the following :
'This is to certify that the Rev. Mr. Thomas Parish was
educated for the Christian Ministry at That his Morals are
unblemished and that there is a pleasing Prospect of his usefulness at
Where he now exercises his Ministry.
4 Richd Parminter.1
Mr. Parish was one of the original founders of the Somerset Con-
gregational Union, or Association. At a meeting of ministers, held
at Wells, 29 September, 1796, it was unanimously determined to
meet at South Petherton on 16 November following 4 for the pur-
pose of forming the servants of Jesus Christ of the Independent
denominations, in the county of Somerset, into a body/ 2 There-
upon, on 16 November, 1796, 4 a meeting of Protestant Dissenting
Ministers, of the Independent Denomination 1 met at South
Petherton, Somerset, when it was resolved 4 I. That we whose
names are underwritten, think it eligible to form ourselves into a
1 From a contemporary copy in the A. L. H. Collections.
8 Evangelical May. 1797. vol. v. 117.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
County Association : John Crook, Broadway ; W. Harrington,
Winsham ; Richard Herdsman, South-Petherton ; J. W. Morin,
Yeovil; S. R. Pittard, Martock ; Thomas Parish, Wellington;
William Sloper, Wells ; Isaac Tozer, Taunton."
There were eight other resolutions passed at this meeting setting
forth the rules and objects of this association, and were published in
the Evangelical Magazine, March, 1797, vol. v. 117-18, 'Signed on
the Behalf of the Associated Brethren ' by 4 Richard Herdsman,
Secretary.1
At the meeting of this Association held at Yeovil, 30 May,
1798, Mr. Parish preached on Rom. i. 16 (first clause), and he was
appointed to prepare the address for the meeting to be held at
Martock in May, 1799.1 He, however, did not deliver the address,
probably prevented by the troubles arising with his congregation.
Although the discontented withdrew from the church during the
first year of his pastorate, Mr. Parish's despotic methods caused much
dissension amongst the remainder during his ministry at Wellington.
The friction at last became so great that many of the congregation
determined to have him removed, and to that end the following
documents were subscribed to :
' To the Trustees of the Presbyterian Meeting house in
Wellington, Somerset.
4 The Humble Petition of the Members, Subscribers and
others belonging to and who attend on Divine Service in the
Meeting house afsd.
' Sheweth : That your Petitioners having long viewed with heart-
felt sorrow the present distracted state of our once happy Church,
and as animosities & contentions have so many years prevailed among
us nor is it likely to cease whilst the Reverend Thomas Parish
remains with us, Whose arbitrary and Dispotic conduct here as well
as at many other places heretofore sufficiently evince, that he is a
sower of sedition in the churches, an enemy to peace and a stirrer up
of strife : We therefore earnestly in treat and desire you who are
Trustees & Guardians of the st! church that you will by some lawful
way & means in the law forthwith remove the sd Thos Parish from
the sd church and thereby restore peace and harmony to a confused
and divided Congregation.
' And your petitioners as in Duty bound,
Shall ever pray."' 2
The foregoing must have been presented in or before June, 1799,
as the following document, to support the Trustees in any legal action
they should take, shows :
1 Evangelical May. 1798, vol. vi. 290.
8 From a contemporary copy in A. L. H. Collections.
368
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
4 To Messrs. Waldron, Cade, Shattock, Westron, Pyne,
Prick man and others, Trustees of the Presbyterian Meeting house
in Wellington, Somerset.
4 We whose names are hereunto set & subscribed being informed
that an ejectment is shortly intended to be commenced & prosecuted
against the Reverend Tho8 Parish pastor of the above church, in
order to expel him thereout and out of the benefits thereof which we
severally & respectively consent to and heartily approve of, and do
each and every of us hereby purpose and agree to advance and pay
unto John Pyne of Wellington afsd gardener the respective sum
hereinafter mentioned & set down in the column opposite to each of
our respective names within one month next after the commencement
of the sd action to be by him paid and applied in part discharging
the expence attending the carrying on and managing the same.
Dated 12th June 1799; 1
Whatever action was taken by the Trustees upon the reception of
the above petition and the agreement to supply the expenses neces-
sary for the expulsion of Mr. Parish, it must have had the desired
result of relieving the Wellington Congregation of his ministry, for
on 16 July, 1800, the Rev. Daniel Tyerman was ordained as hib
successor. It is noteworthy that during his pastorate Mr. Parish did
not enter any births or baptisms in the Register, this was done by
William Pulsford and William Harrington.
Of Mr. Parish's sermons there was published The substance of a
sermon delivered Jan. 31, 1790, at taking leave of the congregation
at Bethesda Meeting House in Truro, Cornwall. By the Rev. T. Parish.
Printed by E. Elliot, Falmouth [1790]. 8vo. pp. he 36, price 6d.
The preface was dated 'Falmouth, March 3rd, 1790.'
Probably the following was also by him : — The Victorij of Truth ;
or, Goliath slain with his own Sword. Bv T. Parish. Printed for
the author by Henry Mozley, Gainsborough. 12mo. pp. vi. 48.
Price L?. Preface dated ' Gainsborough, May 7th, 1805.'
DANIEL TYERMAN (1800-1804?).
The Rev. Daniel Tyerman, who succeeded Thomas Parish at
Wellington, was born 19 November, 1775, at Clack Farm, near
Osmotherly,2 in Yorkshire. He did not make satisfactory progress
with his studies when young, and he confesses to having been to four
or five different schools between the age of six and fourteen. In 1790
his brother secured for him a situation in London. Whilst in
London he attended resorts of pleasure on Sunday evenings, and
1 From a contemporary copy in A. L. H. Collections.
2 The Rev. Luke Tyerman, the author of the lives of Samuel and John Wesley,
George Whitfield, J. W. Fletcher, &c, was also born at Osmotherly, in 1819 or
1820. Died in London, 20 March, 1880. (Boase, Modem Biography, vol. iii )
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
received an invitation to spend Sunday, 28 July, 1793, at sea in a
pleasure boat, but owing to a dream resolved on the Saturday
morning not to go. On the Tuesday morning following he read in
the newspaper an account of the capsizing of the boat that he was
invited to sail in, and the drowning of its four occupants.
This event produced such a deep impression on his mind, that
he became a decided Christian and became a member of a church.
Whilst in London he appears to have lodged with Mr. King in Little
Eastcheap, in 1793 he was at 26 Bridge Street, Westminster, and in
1795 at No. 5 Church Lane, Limehouse, where he finished writing
his autobiography.1
Soon after reaching the age of twenty, desiring to enter the
ministry, he entered Hoxton Academy, where he studied for
three years. After finishing his studies he went, in 1798, to Cawsand
in Cornwall, where he remained until he accepted the call from
Wellington, where services were held for his induction as pastor
16 July, 1800. At these services twenty-four ministers were present,
of whom Mr. Allen, of Stringston, opened the service with a
prayer and a reading from the Bible ; Mr. Small, of Axminster,
stated the nature of a Gospel Church ; and Mr. Herdsman, of South
Petherton, asked the usual questions and received the confession.
Mr. Tozer, of Taunton, prayed the ordination prayer ; Mr. Jones, of
Plymouth Dock, gave the charge from 1 Tim. iv. 16 : 4 Take heed
unto thyself and unto thy doctrine/ &c. Mr. Morren, of Yeovil,
concluded the morning service, and Mr. Wheeton, of Lyme, gave out
the hymns. In the afternoon Mr. Allen, of Exeter, began the service
with prayer ; Mr. Hey, of Bristol, preached to the people from
Heb. xii. 25 : * See that ye refuse not him that speaketh,1 &c., and
Mr. Wm. Rooker, of Tavistock, concluded the service with prayer.
The evening service was opened with a prayer by Mr. Cobbin, of
South Molton, and Mr. Pittard, of Martock, preached from Dan. xii.
4 : ' Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
The service concluded with a prayer by Mr. S. Rooker of Bideford.2
On 14 October, 1801, he took an active part in the Anniversary
Meeting of the 4 Somerset Association 1 held at Taunton, preaching
from Dan. ii. 44. Mr. Cherry, the Baptist Minister of Wellington,
also took part in this anniversary meeting.3
During his ministry at Wellington it became necessary to appoint
new trustees for the trusts (concerning the support of the chapel from
the profits, &c, of the lands called 4 Cordings1) that were created by
Indenture of 20 June, 1776. According to that deed4 the trustees
should never be ' less than four or three at least 1 and never to exceed
nine. Of the trustees then appointed only three now survived, and it
1 Cong. Ma</. Aug. 1833, p. 463. 2 Evangelical Mat/. Sept. 1800, vol. viii. p. 304.
Evangelical Mag, Dec. 1801, vol. ix. 491-2. '4 See p. 355,
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
became necessary to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Robert
Cade, William Gyles, Joseph Pyne, and Thomas Shattock. There-
upon by an Indenture of Bargain and Sale made 14 October, 1802,
the three surviving trustees herein described as James Shattock the
elder of Hemyock, Devon, Yeoman, James Shattock the younger of
Cayhidon, Devon, Yeoman, and William Shattock of Runnington,
Somerset, Merchant, of the one part, granted, bargained, sold, &c, the
said three closes of ground called Cordings containing 7 acres in the
parish of Wellington, formerly parcel of the manor of Jurson other-
wise Jurdaston, unto themselves and unto the newly-appointed
trustees, the second parties, i.e., John Lean of Wiveliscombe, Som.,
Gent., Henry Waldron the younger, Gent., William Prickman,
Carrier, Isaac Deacon Haddon, Mercer, William Coleman, Wool-
comber, and John Furze, Yeoman, all of Wellington, Somerset ; upon
the several uses, trusts, limitations, intents and purposes, &c, con-
tained in the Indenture of 20 June, 1776.
The deed was signed by Jas. Shattock, Jas. Shattock, junr., Willm.
Shattock, John Lean, Henry Waldron, junr., Wm. Prickman, Isaac
Deacon Haddon, Wm. Colman, John Furze. Witnesses : R. Hopkins,
clerk to Mr. Southerton, Anna Lane, Jane Cox, Wm. D. Prideaux,
and Joseph Ash.
It was inrolled before the Barons of the Exchequer at West-
minster among the Pleas of Hilary Term, 43 Geo. III. 1803. 1
A ' General Meeting of the Somerset Association 1 was held at
Wellington, 25 May, 1803, when Mr. Tyerman and Mr. Pittard of
Martock were appointed to preach at the next meeting to be held at
Bruton, in May, 1804.2 In the report of the meeting at Bruton it
does not mention whether Mr. Tyerman attended."
During Mr. Tverman's pastorate William Prickman by his will,
dated 29 November, 1802, bequeathed £%0 to trustees for the use
of the minister of the Presbyterian meeting house in Wellington, and
to prevent objections from his family he left the following letter.4
4 My Dear Children,
Whereas I have made and published my last will & testament
dated 29th November 1802 and have thereby among other things
given the sum of i?20 to certain trustees for the use of the minister of
the Presbyterian meeting house in Wellington. Now I do hereby
request and charge you and each of you my said children that you do
not in any manner controvert or dispute the said legacy but that you
do every thing in your power to ratify and confirm the same as vou
1 Public Record Office: Excheque?* of Pleas- : Judgment Rolls, 13 Geo. 111. 1803.
Hilary, mem. lo-17d.
2 Evangelical Mag. July, 1803, p. 312.
:? Ibid. Sep. 1804, p. 4-29.
4 Original in the A. L. H. Collections.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
will answer the contrary thereof at the barr of Almighty God. This
from your affectionate father. . _ . .
(signed) Win. Pnckman.
Mr. Tyerman did not remain many years at Wellington ; he
probably left before October 1804, for J. D. Maddon entered the
Births and Baptisms 21 October 1804. After leaving Wellington he
supplied for a time a pulpit at Southampton1 and on 25 April, 1805,
he became the pastor over 4 the new Independent interest at Node
Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight." 2 There he worked with energy, he
became the Secretary of the Isle of Wight Bible Society, and was one
of the first projectors of the Newport Reading Rooms.3
In 1821 he gave up his ministry in the Isle of Wight to accept
service under the London Missionary Society, and with George
Bennet of Sheffield he was deputed to visit for the Society their
stations in the Southern Hemisphere. 'The great objects of the
Deputation 1 were 4 to make themselves thoroughly acquainted with
the state of the Missions, and of the islands ; and to suggest, and, if
possible, carry into effect, such plans as shall appear to be requisite
for the furtherance of the gospel, and for introducing among the
natives the occupations and habits of civilized life. In order to the
attainment of these objects, it is proposed to form such arrangements
as shall tend to the introduction of Christian Churches ; the establish-
ment and improvement of schools for the children of the Missionaries
and of the natives, and, eventually, of trades ; and a proper and
constant attention to the cultivation of the ground."' 4
This important deputation sailed from London, 2 May, 1821,
on the Tuscan a South Sea whaler, and proceeding round Cape
Horn visited Tahiti, Leeward Islands, and the Sandwich Islands.
The scope of their visiting area being extended they proceeded to
New South Wales, New Zealand, and then by Torres Straits to Java,
Singapore, Canton, and Calcutta. After visiting various places in
India they proceeded to Mauritius and finally to Madagascar, where
they arrived on 3 July, 1828. On 30 July, whilst at Antananarivo,
Tyerman, whose health had been gradually giving way beneath the
climate of India, died suddenly, when aged 53,5 and was buried
there on 1 August. A full and very interesting account of the
voyages of this deputation, compiled by James Montgomery, was
published in 1831. The Resolution adopted by the Board of
Directors of the London Missionary Society showing their appreciation
of the labours of Mr. Tyerman and of their sympathy with his family
is printed in the Evangelical Magazine, January, 1829, p. 29. This
is followed by three letters, pp. 30-33, i. e. (1) Letter from the Rev.
1 Cong. May. 1833, p. 513. 2 Event. May. June 1805, vol. xiii. 28+.
3 Gong. May. 1833, p. 514. 4 J. Montgomery's Journal of Voyages and Travels,
1 Evangelical Mag. Jan. 1829, n.s. vol. vii. 29. [1831, i. pp. vi-vii.
372
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
J. J. Freeman, to the Rev. J. Arundel, dated Tananarive), 8 August,
1828; concerning Mr. Tyerman's visit to Madagascar and death.
(2) Letter to George Bonnet (Mr. Tyerman's companion on the
voyages) dated Tananarive), 11 August, 1828, and signed by I).
Jones, D. Griffiths, D. Johns, and J. J. Freeman. This letter
describes the circumstances leading to the death of Mr. Tyerman. (S)
Letter from Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, dated Moramanga,
Thursday evening, 17 July, 1828, addressed to Mrs. Jones, Air.
and Mrs. Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. Johns, and Mr. and Mrs. Freeman,
notifying their arrival at Tamatave and expectation of meeting them
on the Monday following.
The funeral sermon (2 Sam. xxiii. 5) preached by the Rev. Jon.
Jos. Freeman, at Tananarive), 17 August, 1828, is printed in the
Evangelical Magazine, May, 1829, pp. 199-202.
Mr. Tyerman was twice married, first in 1798, to Miss Elizabeth
Rich, who died in April, 1809, leaving him two children, i.e. Sarah
Ann Rich, born 15 March, 1802, christened 2 May, 1802,1 and
Charles Rich, born 16 August, 1800, christened 24 August, 1800.-
The daughter died the same year as her father. Mr. Tyerman
married again in 1810, to Miss Fletcher of Abingdon, who died in
1817. By her he had two sons and a daughter.
'In person Mr. Tyerman was tall; strongly made, with an
expressive, though not very vivacious countenance. There was always
a tendency to obesity in his constitution, and in the latter part of his
life he became enormously corpulent. In his manners he was exceed-
ingly affable and gentlemanly ; slightly irritable at times, but always
placable and ready to forgive. . . . His was of that order of mind
which acquires slowly but retains firmly ; of more solidity than quick-
ness ; a mind for which diligence does almost all, and genius little.
Of imagination he was almost entirely destitute, as the general stvle
of his writings abundantly show. His sermons were generally dry
and dull, though we have been assured by those who did not like his
usual style of preaching, that he was sometimes capable of producing
discourses far above mediocrity.1 :j
Portraits of Mr. Tyerman were published in the Evangelical
Magazine, August, 1812, vol. xx. facing p. 289. Frontispiece to vol.
i. of J. Montgomery's Journal of tlie Voyages of Tyerman and
Bennet, 1831 and 1841 editions.
The following works are by Tyerman, and it is to be noticed that
he sometimes used a novi de plume such as ' Philo Vectis 1 and
' Trophimus."
An Essay on Baptism in which it is attempted to be proved that
Baptism administered by sprinkling or pouring is a scriptural mode :
1 Registers of the Wellington Presbyterians. 2 Ibid.
3 Congreyational May. Sept. 1833, p. 517-18.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
and that the infant offspring of believing parents are proper subjects
of this Ordinance. By Daniel Tyerman. Printed for the author bv
R. Tilling 0f Newport, Isle of Wight, 1800. 12mo. pp. vi. 7-96.
Second edition, with additions, printed lor and sold bv S. Burton,
156 Leadenhall Street, London, 1814. 12mo. pp. xii. 13-104.
Evangelical Hope ; an Essay. By Daniel Tyerman. Printed for
S. Burton, 156 Leadenhall Street, London, 1815. 12mo. pp. xii.
9 -236. Preface dated Newport, Isle of Wight, 1 December, 1814.
The Dairyman ; a narrative of the life, the conversion, the
Christian Experience, and happy death of Joseph Wallbridge, the
father of the interesting young woman described by the Rev. Mr.
Richmond in his celebrated tract 1 The Dairyman's Daughter.1 By
the Rev. D. Tyerman. Printed for the author by E. Tayler, Newport.
[1816.] 12mo. pp. 47. Preface dated Newport, Isle of Wight,
March, 1816.
Another edition, entitled The Life and ( inversion of the Dairyman,
was published by the American Tract Society, New York [1850 ?]
Tract No. 89. 8vo. pp. 16.
Essays on the Wisdom qf God. By the Rev. Daniel Tyerman.
Printed for the author by R. Clay, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate,
London, and sold by Burton & Smith, 156 Leadenhall Street,
London, 1818. 8vo. pp. viii. 512. Preface dated Newport, Isle of
Wight, April, 1818.
The Importance qf Domes-tic Discipline considered; A Sermon
picached to parents and heads of families, December 28, 1806, at
Newport, Isle of Wight. By Daniel Tyerman. Printed for the
author by R. 'Filling, Newport, 1807. 8vo. pp. 43. \s.
Youth Admonished of the Evils of Bad Company; A Sermon
preached to young people at Newport, Isle of Wight, January 4,
1807. 8vo. pp. 36. Is.
The above two sermons were also published together : The Im-
portance of Domestic Discipline and Youth Admonished of the Evils of
Had ( 'ompany, two Sermons, &c Newport, 1807. 8vo. pp. iv. 43, 36.
Three Sermons for the Use qf Families. I. Youth admonished of
the evils of bad company. Second edition. II. The importance of
Domestic Discipline. Second edition. III. Religion the noblest
Employment, and the immediate concern of the aged. Sold by S.
Burton, No. 156 Leadenhall Street, London [1814 or earlier]. 3,v.
A Letter addressed to Sir Leonard W. T. Holme, Bart., Member of
Parliament for the Borough of Newport, Isle of Wight. By Philo
Vectis [ Daniel Tyerman]. Sold by S. Burton, 156 Leadenhall
Street, London [1814 or earlier], Is.
An Introductory Paper, read before the Society of the Natural
History of the Isle of Wight, and published at their request. Sold
by S. Burton, 156 Leadenhall Sheet, London [1815 or earlier]. 1*.
374
CONGREGATIONAL CHUttCH.
A Series of iMtera addressed to a member of the Church of England,
on the subject of Dissent. By Trophimus [i.e. Daniel Tyerman1].
This was a series of ten letters published in the Ij>ndon Christian
Instructor or Congregational Magazine, 1819-20, vol. ii. 1819, pp. 93,
157, 221, 351, 471, 609; vol. iii. 1820, pp. 78, 195, 363, 535.
Tyerman also wrote an autobiography, entitled A Review of my
life to the present time, inchuling twenty-one years. This manuscript,
which Tyerman finished in 1795, was largely used by his biographer
in the Congregational Magazine, August, 1833, pp. 462-468.
Tyerman kept a journal of his travels for the London Missionary
Society, which has been embodied in the work, Jmimal of Voyages
and Travels of the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Rennet, Esq.,
deputed from the London Missionary Society, to visit their various
stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c, between the
vears 1821 and 1829. Compiled from original documents by James
Montgomery. London, 1831. 2 vols. 8vo. Portrait of Daniel
Tyerman, frontispiece to vol. i.
Second edition, corrected. London, 1841. Portrait of Daniel
Tyerman as a frontispiece.
[Authorities for biography of Tyerman : Dictionary of Xatioiud
Riography ; Congregational Magazine, August, 1833, pp. 462-68:
September, 1833, pp. 513-18 ; Evangelical Magazine, September,
1800, vol. viii. 394; December, 1801, vol. ix. 491-2; June, 1805, vol.
xiii. 284; April and May, 1821, vol. xxix. 165, 209; Januarv, 1829,
vol. vii. s\s. p. 29-33, 199-202 ; J. Montgomery, Journal of the
Voyages of Tyerman and Rennet, London, 1831 ; British Museum
Catalogue ; Wellington Presbyterian Registers ,• Public Record Office ;
A. L. H. Collection.]
WILLIAM LEWIS (about 1805-1807).
The Rev. William Lewis2 succeeded Daniel Tyerman in 1805.
He registered the christenings from 4 August, 1805, to 22 December,
1805. He could not have held the pastorate long, for he was suc-
ceeded by William Bannister, who registered the christenings on
22 March, 1807.
WILLIAM BANNISTER (1807-1812).
The Rev. William Bannister* was born at Portsmouth, 27 Octo-
ber, 1783, of parents in humble circumstances. In his youth he
attended 4 the Old Presbyterian Meeting-house in Portsmouth. This
1 Congregational Magazine* September, 1833, p. 515.
2 J. Le Couteur, Hist, of the Chapel, in Som. Co. Gaz. 12 May, I860.
?' This biography is principally extracted from the Evangelical Magazine,
September, 183t, New Series, vol. xii. 353.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
place of worship belonged originally to orthodox dissenters, but at
the time referred to 1 it was 4 occupied by Unitarians.'' Bannister
read McGowan\s Avian and Socinian Monitor, which convinced him
that 4 Unitarian principles were not according to the Gospel of
Christ/ When in his sixteenth year he was induced to hear the Rev.
J. Griffin, of Portsea, whose preaching made a deep impression on his
mind, and he ascribed his conversion to a sermon on Matt. xxii.
11, 12. After this he joined the Independent Church at Portsea, and
showed that he had a considerable gift in prayer. He was induced to
turn his thoughts to the ministry. Bannister was placed in the
college at Gosport, then under the tuition of Dr. Bogue. After
passing through a course of classical and theological studies, he was
invited to accept the pastorate of the Independent Church at
Wellington. This was probably early in 1807, as he registered the
christenings performed on 22 March, 1807. He preached before
the * Somerset Association 1 at Glastonbury, 24 May, 1808,1 and at
Chard, 29 May, 1810.2 He remained at Wellington until 1812,
when he accepted a pastorate in Ryde. A series of unpropitious
circumstances induced him to resign this pastorate. The church at
Arundel invited him to preach to them, and, gaining their apprecia-
tion, he received and accepted their call. His ministry proved so
successful that after a few years the church had to be enlarged. He
retained this pastorate until his death. He suffered in health some
years before his decease, and preached for the last time in Feb-
ruary, 1834. He died on 8 July 1834, having been pastor of
the church at Arundel for twenty years. He was interred in the
burying-ground of the parish church, the funeral address being
delivered by the Rev. L. Winchester, and on the Sabbath following
the funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. T. S. Guyer from
2 Tim. i. 12, 13. The passage had been selected by the deceased
pastor. Bannister had married Miss H. Burt, who, with an only son,
survived her husband.
JOHN HARCOMBE CUFF (1812-1845).
After such a series of pastors who, for some cause or another, were
fated to leave their Wellington congregation after only a few years of
ministry, it must have been a source of much gratification to the
congregation to find that John Harcombe Cuff, who was selected to
succeed William Bannister, was a minister who suited their needs, one
that devoted the remainder of his life, thirty-three years, to their
spiritual welfare, and who gained the respect of all classes of men and
denominations.
1 Evanqeliral Magazine, wSeptember, 1808, p. 405.
2 Ibid. August, 1910, p. 33-2.
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CONGREGATION A L CHURCH.
John Harcombe Cuff, the son of Joshua Cuff, was bom at
Clayhanger Farm, near Chard, 15 February, 1790. He commenced
his early classical education under the care of the Rev. Win. Paul, of
Castle Gary, and studied for the ministry at the Western Academy,
Axminster, under the Rev. James Small.
In the summer of 1812 he was requested to supply the pulpit at
Wellington for a few Sabbaths, and on the 20 October, 1812, he
represented this congregation at the Annual Meeting of the Somerset
Ministers, held at Taunton.1 His services were so much appreciated
that, he received a unanimous call to become their pastor. In
accepting this call he said, 4 I received your unanimous invitation to
the pastoral and ministerial office with feelings I cannot describe.
The awful responsibility of a stated ministry has made such an
impression on my mind that until lately I had not entertained an
idea of uniting myself to any Christian society. ... I hope the
ministration of the word of life since I have been at Wellington has
been profitable to my own soul and beneficial to others. I have felt
an unusual attachment to this part of Christ's vineyard, believing
that Providence has directed me here to exercise my labours.'
On the 16 May, 1813, he officiated at and signed the register for
five christenings at Wellington. His ordination service, which took
place 8 September, 1813,2 was begun by Mr. Taylor, of Yeovil.
Mr. Gunn, of Bishop's Hull, delivered the introductory discourse, and
Mr. Golding, of Fulwood, proposed the questions. The ordination
prayer was offered by Mr. Weston, of Sherborne ; Mr. Small, of
Axminster, delivered the charge from Jeremiah xv. 19, and Mr. Buck,
of Wiveliscombe, concluded. At the evening meeting, Mr. Tozer, of
Taunton, preached from 1 Thess. v. 12, and Mr. Taylor and Mr.
Cherry engaged in prayer.
Mr. Cuff married, at St. Sidwell's Church, Exeter, 30 April, 1817,
Sarah Parminter (daughter of the Rev. Richard Parminter, a former
pastor of the Wellington Independents), who was born at Wivelis-
combe, 23 December, 1796, and died at Wellington 3 February, 1866.
Of this marriage there issued six sons and six daughters : i.e.
(1) John Harcombe Cuff, born 16 April, 181 8,3 married Sarah
Anne, eldest daughter of George Trenchard, of Wild Oak House,
near Taunton, 27 May, 1847 ; he resided at Longforth, Wellington,
and died of rapid consumption, 27 March, 1852. 3 His wife was
born at Bampton, Devon, 6 February, 1823, and died 6 December,
1851.
(2) Richard Parminter Cuff, born 4 September, 1819. Hp was
1 Evangelical Magazine, December, 181-2, p. 483.
2 End. November, 1813, vol. xxi. p. 130.
:: Another memo. I have states that he was born on 6 April, 1818, and died
9 March, 1858.
3T7 ei
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
an engraver and water-colour painter and exhibited in the Royal
Academy. He died 11 October, 1883, and was buried in the family
vault at Wellington. He will be more fully dealt with in the
Biographical Section of this work.
(3) Robert Cade Cuff, born 7 April, 1821 ; married Ellen Evans
at the parish church at Bridgwater, 18 October, 1850 ; died 4 July,
1894, at Portishead. His wife was born at Bridgwater, 28 February,
1826, and died at Bristol, 21 April, 1874.
(4) Downing Hosch Cuff, born 28 October, 1822 ; died 31 October,
1823 ; buried 4 November, 1823, at Wellington.
(5) Elizabeth Downing Cuff, born 21 May, 1824; married John
Fry at Cannon Street Chapel, Preston, Lancashire, 12 October, 1853 ;
and died 17 May, 1861. Her husband was born at Woodgate,
Devon, 5 September, 1812, and died 22 October, 1869.
(6) William Hosch Cuff, born 14 August, 1826 ; died 15 January,
1894.
(7) Thomas Jarman Cuff, born 18 May, 1828 ; married Catherine
de Courcy Sims Brooking, at Hampstead, 3 September, 1857 ; died
3 February, 1905.
(8) Sarah Hosch Cuff, born 21 March, 1830; died 2 March, 1858,
at Wellington. The obituary notice in the Somerset County Gazette,
6 March, 1858, states that 4 She was of a very retiring disposition,
but made it the great object of life, frequently at the sacrifice of
private feeling, to employ all the means at her command for the
conversion of souls.1
(9) Sophia Cuff, born 17 September, 1832 ; married Edward Miller,
at the Junction Road Chapel, London, 6 March, 1877. In 1911
she was living at 9 North Avenue, Polsloe Road, Exeter. Her
husband was born in London, 20 October, 1814, and died 28 May,
1905. Mrs. Miller has very kindly supplied me with memoranda
concerning this family of Cuff.
(10) Phoebe Cuff, born 17 January, 1835; died 30 December,
1873.
(11) Julia Cuff, born 18 January, 1838 ; died 12 February, 1869.
(12) Anna Maria Cuff, born 12 November, 1840 ; married Henry
Herbert Cox at Wellington, 13 June, 1866. She was living 5 July,
1909.
Mr. Cuff enjoyed good health throughout his life, so that his death
when it arrived 29 October, 1845, caused a great shock to the people
of Wellington. On Saturday, 25 October, he called upon his medical
friend and intimated that he had taken a slight chill. On the
Monday following he said he felt quite well except for a little
difficulty iii breathing. On Tuesday, 28 October, lie wanted to get
up but was advised to stay in bed. In the course of that evening
alarming symptoms developed and soon after midnight he expired.
378
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The interment took place on Friday, 7 November. The shops
in the town were almost universally closed, and crowds of people
' of every class and denomination, regardless of the heavily descending
rain, accompanied the procession.1 The service was conducted by
the Rev. John Allen,1 of Chudleigh, whom Mr. Cuff had formerly
admitted a member of the church at Wellington and subsequently
introduced to the work of the ministry.2 The funeral sermon was
preached on the following Sabbath by the Rev. Dr. Payne, from
Psalm xxxvii. 37 : 6 Mark the perfect man,1 &c.
The writer of his obituary in the Evangelical Magazine* says
that 4 During the long period of Mr. Cuffs ministry the greatest
unanimity prevailed between himself and the people of his charge ;
indeed, he was highly esteemed and respected by men of every class
and denomination. His heart, his hand, and his purse were always
ready for every work of charity and benevolence. With the excep-
tion of some slight attacks of gout, he enjoyed almost uninterrupted
good health ; so that it is believed only one sabbath occurred during
the whole of his pastorate in which he was prevented bv illness from
performing the function of his office.1
That his pastorate was no sinecure is amplv shown by the Rev.
G. W. Joyce,4 who says that during Mr. Cuff's pastorate 4 there was
an afternoon service at 2.30, and what may be noted as almost
unique, there was a united service every Sunday evening, held
alternately at the Independent and Baptist Chapels. This arrange-
ment allowed Mr. Cuff to preach once a fortnight in one of the
chapels or rooms of our denomination at Wrangway, Langford, East
Nynehead, Ford Street, and Five Houses. Of these,1 says Mr. Joyce
in 1891, 'from some cause, unknown to myself, we only retain
Wrangwav, where we have a new chapel, in which a morning Sunday-
school is conducted, and a service in the afternoon is held. Mr. Cuff
also preached every Thursday evening at Rockwell Green.1
A mural tablet to Mr. Cuff's memory is placed on the southern
wall of the chapel, near the pulpit."'
A portrait of Mr. Cuff was published after his death ; it was
drawn and engraved by his son Richard Parminter Cuff, a copy of
1 Biog. of John Allen. See Congregational Y'oar Hook, 1SS.5, p. 174. He will
also be dealt with in the Biographical Section of this work.
2 Evangelical Mag. Aug. 1847, p. 403.
2 Ibid. 402.
4 Somerset Cong. Mag. Feb. 1891.
8 4 Sacred to the memory of the Rev. John Harcombe Cuff, who departed this
life 29th October, 1845, aged 55 years. This Tablet was erected by the Church and
Congregation worshipping in this place as a token of the great respect and esteem
which they entertained towards their beloved Minister, who for more than 33 years
faithfully and successfully discharged his pastoral duties amongst them, and in
his private and public life afforded a practical illustration of the Great Truths of the
Christian Religion. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright : for the end of
that man is peace. Psalm 37, verse 37.'
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
which I have in my collection. It is inscribed, * Rev. John H. Cuff
for more than 33 years pastor of the Independent Church, Welling-
ton, Somerset. Died Oct. 25, 1845, aged 55 years."
Mr. Cuff kept a journal during his residence at Wellington in
which he entered interesting local events and particulars of meetings
which he attended. I have not seen the journal, and I am indebted
to his daughter Sophia Miller for the following interesting extracts
from it. As an introduction to the extracts, the following account
of the journal kindly communicated in a letter to me by Mrs. Miller
in 1891 is of exceptional interest.
1 The Strand, Topsham, Devon, 19 Janry 1891.
* Our former minister Mr. Courtnall a few months before he left
Well11 [Wellington], drew my attention to the loss of some of the
Church Records belonging to the Cong1. Body there ik feeling certain
I had formerly in my mother's lifetime seen a Journal of my dear
Father's with a private copy of the Church-roll at the end of the
book I subsequently looked through with my brother his Papers &c.
and my brother has lent me the Book to take extracts from. Of
course as it is a private journal only (not a Diary) I could not part
with it, but must return it to the Exors. under my dear Mother's
will.
' To my disappointment I find that the journal commences with
the year 1829, and my father began his ministry at Well11 [Welling-
ton] in June 1812, and was ordained there in Jany. 1813.1
* * * *
4 My father put in the margin of his quarto book daily — the
weather. Every person he visited in illness or for religious conversa-
tion, every meeting public private or religious — united (Baptist &
Ind*) Missionary Prayer meetings & every one who engaged in prayer
— every one he interred — for Mr Baynes- or for himself (Mr. B. never
dared officiate on such occasions on account of his health) every
Sabbath's services & texts, at home or in the country — every national
event &c. & how celebrated at Well11 [Wellington].
* At the end of the Book is a private record of every one he
admitted to the Church so that I can complete the Church Roll for
the Wellington] Cong1. Church.
4 Sophia Miller.1
[Extracts from the Journal kept by the Rev. John Harcombk Cuff.]
1830. April 3. Called on Revd. J. Baynes to arrange respecting
the keeping of Good Friday as a day for Special Prayer.
1 Evangelical Mag. Nov. 1813, p. 430, says * 8 Sept. 1813.'
8 Rev. J. Baynes, pastor of the South St. Baptist Chapel.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
April 9. Good Friday. Kept the day as a season of Special
Prayer for the influence of the Holy Spirit. Public Service in
the morning at Lower Meeting Chapel. Messrs. Cuff* and Horsey
engaged in prayer. Revd. J. Baynes delivered the address. In the
afternoon at Mr. Baynes1 chapel. 2 members of the respective con-
gregations prayed. I delivered the address. In the evening the
preparatory service for the Lord's Supper was held at my chapel,
when John Stradling was received a member of the Christian Church
under my care. The day was profitable.
1831. April 28. Wrote notices for a meeting of the Anti-
Slavery Committee.
April 29. Attended Anti-Slavery Meeting at Mr. Charles Fox's.
Accompanied him to obtain signatures to Declaration, &c.
Sept. 4. Preached 3 times in my chapel. In the afternoon,
a thanksgiving sermon from 100 Psalm 4-5 verses, wherein notice
was taken of the late bountiful harvest, the very propitious season
for its ingathering, the preservation of the country hitherto from
the Indian Plague now raging in the North of Europe, whilst the
Lord has spoken to us in the Epidemic that has almost uni-
versally prevailed in Britain, in accents of gentleness. The blessing
of Civil and Religious Liberty was adverted to, and our Religious
advantages. I found it a season of refreshing.
Nov. 9. Special prayer meeting for Nation respecting Indian
Cholera.
Nov. 24. Held Special prayer meeting on account of Indian
Cholera at Baptist Chapel.
1832. March 21. General Fast on account of the Indian Plague.
A prayer meeting at h past 7 a.m. at my chapel. Attendance very
large. At J past 10 o'clock the Baptist 8c Lower Meeting Con-
gregations united in worship at the Higher Meeting, Mr. Baynes
preached. In the evening the congregations assembled at the Lower
Meeting when I officiated. The attendance at both places was very
large, and the apparent impression considerable.
May 9. Attended special Prayer Meeting respecting our Nation
at the Baptist Chapel.
August 1. Meeting relative to the increase of the cholera.
August 29. United special Prayer Meeting on account of the
cholera held at the Baptist Chapel. Henry Coles, Mr. Winton,
8c self engaged.
Nov. 14. Revd. W. P. Thomas called on me to arrange about
a day of thanksgiving relative to the cholera.
Nov. 21. Thanksgiving day as to the cholera. I preached in
the evening.
Dec. 29. Called on Mr. Jarratt (vicar of Wellington) to
solicit the use of his School Room for Mr. Hoskins to deliver
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
a Lecture on Slavery, and wrote to Taunton to arrange about
a visit.
1833. September 1. Mr. Wilson, missionary to the Sunday
School Union, preached to the children & parents of my Sabbath
School in the morning, and to parents and teachers in the evening.
Mr. Wilson preached at the Baptist Chapel in the afternoon.
Sept. 2. Attended Mr. Wilson's lecture on the progress of
Sunday Schools.
Sept. 3. Attended lecture in the evening by Mr. Wilson on the
collective system of teaching.
Sept. 4. Met teachers in the evening and spent the day with
Mr. Wilson at Mr. Pyne\s.
1834. August 1. The day was one of the most glorious that
has ever shined on Britain. With its morn the fetters of 800,000
British Colonial Slaves were struck off.
This day was religiously observed by the Dissenters generally.
Separate Prayer Meetings were held in my chapel and the Baptists at
7 a.m. in the morning. In the afternoon the Congregations united
and the sermon was preached in the Baptist Chapel by the Revd. J.
Baynes, 118 Psalm 25, ' Save now Lord,1 &c. The general prayer was
offered by myself. In the evening the Congregations met at my
chapel when I preached from 12 Eze. 42 (?), and Mr. Baynes prayed.
Special services were also held at the Methodist Chapel, and the
season was delightful. Mr. Besley & John Tottle engaged at the
morning prayer meeting.
August 7. Prepared Notice for Committee of the Anti-Slavery
Society.
August 8. Attended final meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society.
Oct. 22. On the evening of this day the Town of Wellington
was first lighted with gas.
1835. June 10. Attended this morning the meeting of the
Baptist Association held in Wellington. A sermon was read by
Revd. May, 4 For this thing I will be enquired of,1 &c, and the
Association Letter was read by Revd. Mr. Coombes of Taunton.
Octr. 4. This day was kept by many with grateful recollec-
tions &c, as three hundred years ago the Holy Bible was first
printed in the English Language. Translated by Miles Coverdale
and Tvndale. With the attempt to improve so memorable an event,
I preached in the morning & afternoon in my chapel, from 17 Acts
11, 'The noble Bereans.1 In the evening I preached at Bradford
about 2 miles and a half from Wellington from 10 Rom. 17. — was
much favored.
1837. June 23. Attended the Proclamation of Queen Victoria.
Met in the Town Hall, Wellington. Revd. W. Procter Thomas,
Magistrate &c. read the Proclamation ; a procession formed. Revd.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
R. Jarratt1 and 2 curates walked first, but left after the first Pro-
clamation. Myself, Revd. J. Baynes and Mr. Silvanus Fox next.
Inhabitants 3 by 3 &c.
July 8. This being the day appointed for the interment of
our late beloved King, William IV., the shops were closed all
day generally. I preached in the morning from 2 Dan. 21, ■ He
removeth and setteth up Kings,' &c. In the afternoon Mr. Hawkings
at the Baptist Chapel. In the evening, service at Newton &c.
July 14. Sent the Baptismal & Burial Registers2 to London &c.
1838. April 28. Attended Anti-Slavery meeting in our Town
Hall. Mr. Thompson presided.
June 5. Officiated at the marriage of John Jones and Powell,
being the first wedding amongst the Protestant Dissenters in
Wellington since the new Act. Much attention was excited.
June 28. Day of Coronation of Queen Victoria, great festivity
at Wellington. Procession &c. Held prayer meeting at \ past 6.
Preached at Row Green in the evening from 5 Dan. 19 verse.
August 1. This day Negro Apprenticeship was allowed in the
West Indies by many of the Colonial Governments. In the evening
we held a meeting for Thanksgiving. Messrs. Prideaux, Collard,
Baynes, & Cuff prayed. A pleasant season.
1839. Jan. 5. Baptists called & held a Revival Meeting.
I gave up Teachers1 Prayer Meeting. Three services and prayers by
ministers, each keeping in view the particular object of intercession.
Revd. Coombes preached in the afternoon, and six addresses were
delivered in the evening. Good services in interest, and I hope
beneficial.
May 1. Plymouth Brethren preached in the Town Hall for the
first time this evening.
July 15. Held special prayer meeting for the Madagascar Mis-
sion. James Stradling, Wm. Pulsford, senr., & Mr. Collard engaged.
Sept. 3. The Somerset Association for Foreign Missions was
held in my chapel this day. Revd. Matthew Hodge (Wivelis-
combe) preached in the morning. Public meeting in the after-
noon. Messrs. Luke, Davis, & Thompson, Esq., engaged. In the
evening, Revd. Crisp, missionary from India, preached. Collections
Fifteen Guineas.
1840. Jan. 20. A terrific thunder storm about 5.30 this morn-
ing. A tree shivered near Sandy Lane, many struck temporarily.
Feb. 4. To-day was held Meetings at the Baptist Chapel for
Revival of Religion. I attended morning and eveniiiff. Mornin«;
prayers by Ministers. In the afternoon Mr. Thomas of Bampton
preached. Evening, addresses & prayers by Ministers.
1 Vicar of the Parish.
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8 See p. 105.
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Feb. 8. Called on Mr. Pyne, Mr. Collard, Mr. Horsey, about
Petition for Thorogood.
Feb. 10. Queen Victoria married. »
March 4. Sent off* Petition for Thorogood.
1841. June 14. Presentation of Plate to Revd. R. Jarratt,
having preached 50 years in Wellington.
1842. May 18.' Attended Baptist Association morning and
afternoon.
1843. Jan. 10. A dreadful thunder storm, much damage done
at Mrs. Culme's (afterwards Mrs. Thomas Fox's — Court House).
May 20. Called on Mr. Baynes & Horsey about Petition on
Education Bill &c.
1845. May 25. My chapel shut up for repairs.
In addition to the foregoing the following extracts from Mr.
CufTs Journal were published by the Rev. G. W. Joyce in the
Somei'set Congregational Magazine, February, 1891 :
1839. East Nynehead.
March 17. Two services in my chapel. Rev. Chapman Davis
preached in the morning.
In the evening preached for the first time at East Nynehead, from
2 Cor. iv. 13. 4 We also believe, and therefore speak/ An overflow-
ing congregation.
April 26. Accompanied Mr. Collard to Mr. Rowland's, in the
morning, to consult about erecting a place of worship at East Nynehead.
May 8. Arranged with Mr. Rowland about building Nynehead
Chapel.
Oct. 1. Went with Mr. Collard and Mr. Bidgood to Nynehead
Chapel.
Oct. 7. Went to Taunton and arranged about the opening of
Nynehead Chapel.
Oct. 8. Engaged in making arrangements about preparing Chapel
at Nynehead.
Oct 14. Wrote particulars for registering the new Chapel at
Nynehead.
Oct. 15. Heavy showers. On this day Nynehead Chapel was
opened. Three sermons were preached. In the morning by Rev.
Davis (Taunton), 4 Great Salvation.''
In the afternoon, Rev. M. Hodge (Wiveliscombe), • Every eye
hall see Him.1
In the evening, Rev. James Taylor, from 4 My word shall not
return unto me void."
Rev. William Gammon, in the room, from 1 If any man thirst, etc.
Attendance large. Collections nearly 61.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
1840. Ford Street.
July 5. Preached twice in my Chapel, administered the Lord's
Supper, and preached at Ford Street for the first time, in the evening,
from Isaiah xlv. 22. 6 Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of
the earth ; for I am God, and there is none else.1
July 22. Called on Mr. Baynes, Mr. Horsey, etc., about Ford
Street Chapel.
July 25. Wrote to Mr. Hodge (Rev. Matthew Hodge, Wivelis-
combe), about preaching at Ford Street, for licence for Chapel, etc.
July 30. Fine day. Ford Street Chapel opened to-day. Three
services. Rev. R. Winton preached in the morning at the Chapel.
Rev. Mr. May, in the afternoon, at the Chapel. Mr. Winton in
the cottage. Rev. Mr. Hodge in the evening. At cottage, J. II.
Cuff. The ministers dined at Mr. Waldron's (Bidlands). Public
tea at Mr. Turphfs.
In 1815 a gallery was erected in the Fore Street chapel for the
accommodation of the Sunday School at a cost of 57/. II*. 2r/., and
in 1829 Sunday School rooms were built.
In August, 1837, the chapel then known as the ' Independent
Chapel,' was registered for solemnizing marriages therein pursuant to
the Act 6 and 7 William IV. chap. 85 {London Gazette, 25 August.
1837, p. 2252). According to Mr. Curs < Journal 1 the first marriage
to be celebrated was that of John Jones and . . . Powell, 5 June, 1838.
Several 4 Trust 1 deeds concerning the chapel and its congregation
were executed during Mr. Cuff's tenure of the pastorate, abstracts of
which are hereafter given :
Trust deeds executed during Mr. Cuff'\s pastorate.
I.
Indenture, 31 August, 1815. William Kinglake of Taunton,
Somerset, gentleman, of the first part, for £\0 granted sold, etc., unto
John Lean of Wi veliscombe, Som. mercer, Isaac Deacon Haddon of
Wellington, shopkeeper, William Column of Wellington, wool-
comber, Henry Waldron of Wellington, gentleman, and John Furze
of Wellington, yeomen, the second parties, 'a plot of ground con-
taining about ten perches at the south west end of the parcel of
land on the common called Chelston Heathfield within the parish of
West Buckland,' numbered 13 in the plan of the Commissioners
named in an Act of Parliament passed 52 George III. entitled An
Act for enclosing lands in the parish of West Buckland, Somerset,
containing 3 acres and 12 perches, bounded on the east by a certain
road called Haywards road on the north west by lands in the parish
of Wellington belonging to Mr. Thomas and on the south by a
carriage road [Plan in the margin of the deed] which said plot
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
extends north eastwards as far as the hedge which divides the close
of land adjoining thereto belonging to the said parties who are
grantees in and by these presents from the close of land belonging
to the Reverend William Proctor Thomas and the boundary of the
same plot of land is to be in a straight line from the said hedge
to the public road leading from West Buckland to Wellington.
Upon Trust that the said second parties, their heirs &c. shall pay
the rents, issues and profits of the said land towards the repairing
supporting and keeping up of the Dissenting Presbyterian Meeting
House in Wellington ' of which the Reverend John Harcombe Cuff
is now pastor 1 for so long time as such meeting house shall be there
used and continued as a place of religious worship for Protestant
Dissenters. In case the said Meeting House shall be discontinued
then the Trustees shall apply the said profits &c. of the said land to
any other meeting house of Protestant Dissenters of the Presbyterian
persuasion, preference being given to one in Wellington.
Signed by W. Kinglake, John Lean, Isaac Deacon Haddon,
Win. Colman. Henry Waldron and John Furze. Witnesses : Jno.
Oxenham, Joseph Ruck, Samuel Woodford, and Win. Upham.
Inrolled 12 Sept. 1815.
{Public Record Office, Close Roll 9510, 55 George II L Part
13, No. 7.)
II.
An Assignment,1 18 December, 1826, from Messrs. Fox and
others to Mr. Nott.
Probably the property assigned by this deed is identical with that
concerned in the trust deed, dated 19 September, 1832, hereafter
described.
III.
Indenture, 1 Jan. 1829. Between William Woodford of
Taunton, Somerset, carpenter, of the 1st part, William Collard
Pyne, of Wellington, surgeon, John Furze, of Wellington, gent.,
Henry Waldron of Bishops Hull, Som., gent., Zechariah Carleton
Stiff' of Wellington, gent., William Collard of Sampford Bret, Som.
gent., William Besley the younger, of Wellington, schoolmaster,
John Pring of Wellington, baker, James Chadwell of Wellington,
carrier, William Stradling of Wellington, grocer, Richard Furze of
Wellington, brazier, John Sharland of Wellington, spirit merchant
and Robert Butter of West Buckland, Som. gent., trustees of the
Presbyterian Meeting house in Wellington, of the second part, and
Joseph Hallett of Wellington, roper, and John Hallett of Wellington,
woolcomber, of the third part.
] I am unable to supply particulars of this deed, as the Rev. G. W. Joyce refuses
to answer my letters concerning this and other deeds.— A. L. H.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Witnesseth that for £}200 William Woodford granted, sold &c.
to William Collard Pyne and others of the second part their heirs
&c, All those two messuages or dwelling houses with gardens being
part & parcel of a tenement called Berrys 4 one of which said dwelling
houses is situate ... in Mantle Street, Wellington . . . and now in
possession of Joseph Mallett as tenant . . . and the other house is
situate at the southern end of the before mentioned dwelling house
and in a lane called Bowermans Lane otherwise Barmans Lane in
Wellington and now in the possession of Sarah Jenkins as tenant
thereof and the two gardens are situate on the south of the said
dwelling houses . . . which said houses and gardens were devised to
the said William Woodford under the will of Thomas Woodford his
grandfather bearing date the 27 December 1788 (save and except
that part of the said premises containing about 11 feet 6 inches in
length 7 feet 1 inch in breadth heretofore enclosed and now forming
a shed or spinning house and attached to premises occupied by the
said Joseph Mallett.1 The said second parties to hold the said
dwelling houses &c. Upon Trust to pay the rents & profits thereof
4 unto the pastor for the time being of the Dissenting Presbyterian
Meeting house now commonly called Independent Meeting house in
Wellington aforesaid for his benefit and advantage of which Meeting
house the Reverend John Harcombe Cuff is the present pastor/ If
the trustees at any time shall deem it necessarv to withhold the said
rents, profits &c. from the pastor for the time being, then the
rents, profits &c. shall go towards the repairing supporting and
keeping up of the said Dissenting Presbyterian Meeting house . . .
or to the repairing of a certain school house about to be erected on
the said premises hereby bargained and sold for the use of the Sunday
School Children of the said Presbyterian or Independent Meeting
house. The Trustees, never to be less than five or more than fifteen,
to be appointed by the Communicants of the Church. As the Title
deeds relating to the said dwelling houses also related to property of
the said John and Joseph Hallett the third parties to this indenture,
the said trustees undertake to produce certain deeds when necessary,
i.e. an Indenture of Feoffment, 12 June 1780, between Thomas Were,
merchant, and Thomas Woodford, serge-weaver, deceased, also an
office copy of the last will of the said Thomas Woodford dated 27
Dec: 1788.
Signed by all the above mentioned parties.
Witnesses : Rich'1 Lyddon, junr, Win, Beale, Wm. Besley, senr.,
Ann Pring, Jane Pearse, T. Tanner, Betty Tanner, John Every,
John Boon, F. Sharland, Wm. Rodham, Jas. Stradling and Lucy Mann.
Inrolled 18 April 1829.
(Public Record Office, Close Roll 1062^3, 10 Geo. IV. Part 7,
Xo. 2.)
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
IV.
Indenture, 23 Feb. 1829. John Furze, of Wellington, gent.,
of the 1st part, for divers good causes and considerations
sold to William Collard Pyne, of Wellington, surgeon, Henry
Waldron of Bishops Hull, gent., Zechariah Carlton Stiff' of
Wellington, gent., William Collard of Sampford Brett, gent.,
William Besley, the younger, of Wellington, schoolmaster, John
Pring of Wellington, baker, James Chadwell of Wellington,
carrier, William Stradling of Wellington, grocer, Richard Furze
of Wellington, brazier, John Sharland of Wellington, spirit
merchant, Robert Butter, of West Buckland, gent., and [blank]
of Wellington, Trustees of the Presbyterian Meeting house in
Wellington of the 2nd part, all the interest he held in the residue
of a term of 1000 years which began 4 April, 1687, in 'two
cottages with gardens ... in Bowermans Lane abutting on the east
upon the lands heretofore of one Matthew Bishop and now the
property of the Trustees of the said Presbyterian or Independent
Meeting house and on the west by a spot of land belonging to the
said Trustees on which a school house is about to be erected which
said two cottages and gardens contain in length 50 feet and 6
inches and in breadth in the front 27 feet & 9 inches and in
breadth in the back 28 feet & 9 inches,' tenanted by Thomas
Lane and Betty Gyles. The said two cottages were assigned by
Edward Fry to the said John Furze by Indenture, 31 March, 1821.
The Trustees to pay the rents profits &c. unto the pastor for the
time being of the Dissenting Presbyterian Meeting house 4 now com-
monly called the Independent Meeting house in Wellington . . . for
his benefit and advantage (of which Meeting house the Reverend
John Harcombe Cuff is the present pastor) ... or to the repairing
supporting and keeping up of the said Dissenting Presbyterian
Meeting house ... or to the repairing of a certain school house
about to be erected on a spot of land adjoining the premises hereby
assigned for the use of the Sunday School children of the said
Presbyterian . . . Meeting house.1 The Trustees not to exceed fifteen
or to be less than five. Signed by the parties above named.
Witnesses : Richd Lyddon, junr., John Holley, Wm. Beale, Jn°
Bicknell.
Inrolled 18 April 1829.
{Public Record Office, Close Roll 10623, 10 Geo. IV. Part 7,
No. 1.)
V.
Indenture, 19 September, 1832. John Nott of Wrangway,
parish of Wellington, Som. gent., bargained and sold to himself
the said John Nott, John Harcombe Cuff of Wellington, minister of
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
the gospel, William Collard Pyne of Wellington, surgeon, William
Collard of Exeter, attorney at law, William Collard Pyne, the
younger, of Wellington, gent., John Harcombe Cuff, the younger,
of Wellington, gent., Richard Parminter Cuff of Wellington, gent.,
William Besley of Wellington, school master, James Hartnell of
Wrangway, yeoman, Robert Furze, the younger, of Wellington,
yeoman, and William Pulsford, the younger, of Wellington, yeoman,
Trustees for the purpose hereafter mentioned, the messuage or
dwcllinghouse or parcel of land thereunto belonging 4 together with
the Chapel or meeting house lately erected thereon ... at Wrangway
. . . said premises commonly called Frenches formerly in the
possession of John French after that of Samuel Wale his tenant . . .
after that of Mary Hartnell widow, since that now or late of John
Salter, mason.' To hold the same for the unexpired term of 500
years. Upon Trust the rents and profits &c. to be paid ' towards the
repairing supporting and keeping of the said messuage . . . and the
Chapel or Meeting house, or to the Pastor of the said Chapel or
Meeting house for the time being of the Presbyterian or Independent
persuasion situate in Fore Street in Wellington.1 The premises
hereby assigned shall be appendant and appurtenant to the Meeting
house or Chapel in Fore Street, Wellington. The Trustees never to
exceed 15 or to be less than 3.
Signed by the parties above named.
Witness : Richd Lyddon.
Inrolled 2 Oct. 1832.
(Public Record Office, Close Roll, 3 William IV. [1832] Part 1G,
No. 26.)
VI.
Indenture, 17 September, 1840, whereby Thomas Hurley leased
for one year, the piece of ground described in the next deed, to
the trustees the third parties described in the next deed. Inrolled
24 November, 1840.
{Public Record Office, Close Roll 12298, 1840, Part 51, No. 8.)
VII.
Indenture, 18 Sept. 1840. Between Thomas Hurley of Welling-
ton, Som., innholder, of the 1st part, Frederick Sharland of Welling-
ton, wine & spirit merchant of the 2nd part, and William Collard
Pyne, surgeon, William Besley, schoolmaster, John Pring, baker,
James Chad well, carrier, William Stradling, grocer, Richard Furze,
brazier, John Sharland, wine & spirit merchant, and William Collard,
gent., all of Wellington, Zechariah Carleton Stiff of Barnstaple,
Devon, gent., Mark Westron of Kensington, Middlesex, gent., and
Isaac Deacon Haddon of Wellington, draper, of the third part.
Recites Indentures ot Lease and Release 25 and £6 Nov. 1839.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
of eight parties, conveying lands &c. to Thomas Hurley. Also recites
Indenture of Demise, 18 April 1692, between Richard Berry, gent.,
and Agnes Meredith, widow, and also other Agreements. This
Indenture Witnesseth, among other things, that Thomas Hurley of
the first part sold a piece of ground (used as a garden in the occupa-
tion of Edward Mullett, gentleman, as tenant to Thomas Hurley)
situate in Wellington, bounded on the south and east by the
Squirrell Inn and on the west by the burial ground belonging to the
Independent Meeting House in Wellington, and on the north by a
dwelling house belonging to the Trustees of the said Meeting House,
to the above named persons of the 3rd part ' the Trustees of the
Independent Meeting House." Reservation of rights of way to the
Squirrell Inn. Upon such Trusts for the benefit of the 4 Congregation
of Protestant Dissenters called Presbyterians more frequently now
called Independents of W ellington , as are mentioned, expressed and
declared in an Indenture of Release dated 18 July 1728, and made
between James Perry of the one part, and Thomas Pearse, John
Pearse, Edward Churlev, William Gifford, John Cheek, Henry
Waldron, John Musgrave, Peter Bardet and John Southerton of the
other part and to and for no other use trust interest or purpose
whatsoever.
Signed by the parties above named except Wm. Collard, Zechariah
Carleton Stiff, and Mark Westron.
Witnesses : William Rodham, Thos. Rodham.
Inrolled, 24 Nov. 1840.
(Public Record Office, Close Roll 12298, 1840, Part 51, No. 7.)
vHl
Indenture, 24 Feb. 1844. Between William Collard Pyne of
Wellington, surgeon of the first part, William Collard formerly of
Wellington but Mow of Lvnton, Devon, gent., Zechariah Carleton
Stiff formerly of Wellington, now of Barnstaple, Devon, Esqre.,
William Besley, schoolmaster, John Pring, baker, William Stradling,
grocer, Richard Furze, brazier, and John Sharland, gent., all of
Wellington of the 2nd part, and the said William Collard Pyne,
William Collard, Zechariah Carleton Stiff, William Besley, John
Pring, William Stradling, Richard Furze, and John Sharland of the
3rd part. William Collard Pyne for lO.v. sold to the persons of the
2nd part, a cottage with garden ike. situate in Mantle Street,
Wellington, formerly in the occupation of James Blackmore,
deceased, after that of Thomas Webber, deceased, after that of
Joseph Neath as tenant to Susan Webber the widow of Thomas
Webber and now of the said Joseph Neath as tenant to the said
William Collard Pyne. Upon Trust to pay the rents, profits &c. of
the same to 4 the pastor for the time being of the Independent
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
(Formerly called Presbyterian) Meeting House in Wellington . . . for
his benefit and advantage (of which Meeting House the Rev. John
Harcombe Cuff is the present pastor) ... or to the repairing of the
said Meeting House . . . or to the repairing of a certain school house
in Bowerman's Lane, Wellington, for the use of the Sunday School
Children of the Independent Meeting House.'
Signed by the above named parties.
Witnesses: Mary Collard Pvne, Geo. Thos. Freek, James Harvey.
Inrolled 1 March 1844.
(Public Record Office, Close Roll 13026, 1844, Part 26, No. 26.)
Authorities. Obituary in Evangelical Magazine, August, 184T,
N. s. vol. xxv. p. 401.
Notice of Ordination Cerehiony, Evangelical Magazine,
November, 1813, vol. xxi. p. 430.
Wellington Congregational Chapel and Schools. By the Rev. G.
W. Joyce, published in the Somerset Congregational Magazine,
February, 1891.
The Registers of Births, Baptisms, and Burials.
Information kindly supplied by Mrs. Sophia Miller (the daughter
of John Harcombe Cuff), who also supplied some interesting extracts
from her father's journal.
Public Record Office for Trust Deeds.
WILLIAM WINLAW (1846-1850).
The Rev. William Winlaw, who succeeded the Rev. John Harcombe
Cuff' as pastor, was educated at the Lancashire College. His
ordination service was held in Wellington Town Hall, 19 Mav,
1846. The Rev. John C. Davis, of Wells, delivered the introductory
discourse ; the Rev. C. Williams, who had been pastor of Uffculm,
proposed the usual questions ; the Rev. G. Payne offered the
ordination prayer ; the Rev. Dr. Vaughan gave the charge. The
Revs. James Taylor, M. Hodge, John Poole, W. Standerwick, H.
Addiscott, and H. Quick took part in the service.1
During his pastorate a startling and serious incident occurred.
On Sunday, July 5, 1846, about 8 a.m., a storm broke over
Wellington and continued till about 9 a.m., when a flash of lightning
struck the schoolroom in which the children belonging to the con-
gregation of the 4 Independent Christians 1 were congregated. The
lightning struck down fourteen of the children in the lower room, of
whom nine were seriously injured, and one lad named Harcombe was
killed. A contemporary account says the lightning appeared k to
have been attracted by some nails by which the slating was fastened
1 Evangelical May. Sept. 1646", x. s. vol. xxiv. p. 488.
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HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
to the wall outside. It entered through two windows, on the western
side of the building, and which were at a distance of from 50 to 60
feet from each other, and having ran along different parts, apparently
in search of a vent, a portion of it forced its way through the windows
on the opposite side, breaking the glass, and splintering and burning
the woodwork. The rest of the fluid passed down the stair case to
the lower room, where the dreadful accident took place."
The lad Harcombe was buried in the yard connected with the
Chapel, the Rev. William Winlaw, the teachers and scholars joined
the funeral procession, and in the Chapel an appropriate address was
delivered by the minister.1
The Rev. William Winlaw\s ministry failed to maintain that
unity so essential for the success of a Congregational Church. Many
left the congregation to join the Baptists or Wesleyans, among whom
may be mentioned Mr. John Haddon, who joined the Baptists.
The dissensions reached their climax in 1850, in consequence of
which Mr. Winlaw signed a document by which he submitted himself
to the discretion of the ministers representing the Somerset Associa-
tion. As a result of their representation a meeting of the Congrega-
tion was convened for 25 July, 1850, at which meeting Mr. Winlaw
tendered his resignation. The meeting declined to accept his
resignation, as they considered that the document bv which Mr.
Winlaw felt bound was improperly obtained from him, that the
Ministers of the 6 Somerset Association ' had not properly considered
the case, having listened to certain individuals instead of consulting
the congregation, and the meeting did not consider that their pastor
was bound by the document he had signed.
On 7 August, 1850, a meeting was held at the Wellington Tow n
Hall, by the congregation and those friendly to Mr. Winlaw, to show
their esteem of him by a presentation of plate. T. Thompson,
Esq., of Poundsford Park, was chairman and addressed the meeting, as
did also J. Stradling, R. Davie, solicitor, and the Rev. Dr. Bewglass.
The speakers endeavoured to persuade Mr. Winlaw to withdraw his
resignation and accused the ministers of the i Somerset Association 1 of
having acted under female influence prejudiced by the fact that
Mr. Winlaw had selected for his wife a lady, not of Wellington,
but a Miss Andrews of Stockport.
Mr. R. Davie presented the plate, which consisted of a tea-pot,
coffee-pot, milk-jug, and sugar-basin, the inscription being, 4 Presented
to the Rev. W. Winlaw, by his devoted and attached friends, as a
token of their esteem and love. Wellington, July, 1850."
The Rev. W. Winlaw in replying said that he had given his
word, and would abide by it. What he had written he had written,
and what he had said he had said, and that was all he would say on
1 Somerset County Oca. 11 July, 1846,
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
that painful matter. Remarking upon the success of his efforts for
the Church he said that the members had almost doubled since he
came to Wellington, for whereas he found 92 members about 80 others
had since been added to the roll. He had devoted considerable time
to the voung, and had established classes for the young men and the
young women. A very full account of this extraordinary meeting is
given in the Somerset Comity Gazette, 10 August, 1850, p. 3.
A section of the congregation considered that the dissensions
in the church were caused bv Mr. Winla\v\s preaching and a scarcity
of common sense and practicality in various matters, and that the
charge of adverse female influence was totally unwarrantable and
merely supposititious.1
Mr. Winlaw left his Wellington pastorate in 1850, and in 1852
he accepted a pastorate at Middleton, Lancashire. In 1853 he
seceded from the Congregationalists and joined the ministry of the
Established Church of England. -
Mr. Winlaw was a Hamilton Prizeman in Logic and Metaphysics
at the University of Edinburgh ; Theological Associate, in 1854, of
King's College, London ; and became a B.D. of St. John's College,
Cambridge, in 1882. He was ordained a Deacon of the Established
Church in 1855, and Priest in 1856 ; was Curate of St. Peter,
Ashton-under-Lyme, 1855-7, and of St. Paul's, Preston, 1857-9.
From 1859-78 he was Perpetual Curate of St. Luke's, Preston, and
became the Rector of Morden, Surrev, in 1878, which position he
held until 1899. His widow, Jane Winlaw, was residing at Morden,
October, 1911.
His son, George Preston Kelsale Winlaw, born March, 1873,
succeeded him as Rector of Morden. Another son, William
Willoughby Winlaw, was born in September, 1874.
JAMES LE COUTEUR (1851-1869).
The Rev. James Le Couteur,3 who succeeded the Rev. W. Winlaw
as pastor, was born in the island of Jersey, 8 September, 1814.
From the age of five to twelve years he resided with an uncle and
aunt. He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and at St.
Malo, in France. He desired to enter the ministry, but his friends
wished him to follow the medical profession. His feelings proving
themselves too sensitive for medical practice, he was put to a business,
but he still cherished the idea of the ministry. A vear or two after,
while living at Worcester, he devoted himself to study and the
preaching of the gospel. He placed himself under the guidance of
1 Mrs. Miller's letter to A. L. H., December 21st, 1909.
2 Congregational Year Book, 1853, p. 132 ; 1854, p. 214.
3 This biography is principally from his obituary in the Congregational Yiar
Book, 1871, p. 339,
393 f f
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
the Rev. Mr. Dewhurst, of Bury St. Edmunds, for private tuition,
- and while there often preached in that town and outlying places.
The 1 May, 1838, a church was formed in the Independent Chapel
at Upwey, near Weymouth, Dorset, when James Le Couteur received
his first call and was chosen to be its pastor.1 He was ordained
% May. He remained at Upwey for seven or eight years, and from
2 April, 1846, to 27 November, 1849,2 he was pastor at Liscard,
Cheshire. After resigning his charge at Liscard he went to reside at
Taunton.
In the summer of 1850 he was invited to preach at Wellington,
and received a call to this pastorate which he commenced on the first
Sabbath in April, 1851, 3 and continued to hold this office until his
death in 1869. On the second Sabbath in November, 1869, he
exchanged pulpit services with his friend, the Rev. J. E. Drover of
Wincanton, and from that time he appeared to be gradually
drooping. However, he occupied his own pulpit on the 21 November,
and stayed to the monthly prayer-meeting of the teachers and friends,
for the young people of the congregation and Sunday-school. On
retiring to his house, adjoining the chapel, he was with some difficulty
got to bed. Medical skill was of no avail against the complications
of disorders that arose and he died 28 December, 1869. He
was interred in the chapel burial ground in the presence of a very
large concourse of friends. His funeral sermon was delivered in the
Independent5 Chapel, by the Rev. G. W. Humphreys, pastor of
the Baptists in South Street, on Sunday morning, 9 January, 1870,
which sermon was afterwards printed. The Rev. G. W. Joyce,
writing of him in his account of this Chapel in the Somerset Con-
gregational Magazine, February, 1891, says: 4 He is remembered as
a useful and affectionate minister of the Gospel ; and of a most
kind and gentle spirit. His widow and family are members of the
Church still ; one daughter has been organist for some years. During
his pastorate the present building and the organ were erected, and
paid for, largely owing to his zeal and perseverance. It was he who
commenced the monthly observance of the Lord's Supper on the first
Sabbath in January, 1851. He also introduced the Annual United
Communion Service for Christians of all denominations, held on the
first Sabbath4 in every year ; the first one of which was held in the
Independent Chapel on January 4th, 1852, at 3 p.m. Addresses by
Revs. J. Le Couteur and J. Baynes.1
Probably Mr. Le Couteur's pastorate will be chiefly remembered
1 Densham and Ogle Congregational Churches of Dorset, 1899, pp. 3, 323.
2 F. J. Powicke, Cheshire Co. Union of Com/. Churches, Manchester, 1907, p. 256.
:i Evav</«/icrtl Mag, May, 1851. Somerset County Oaz. t2 March, 1851.
* ' Now held at the conclusion of the Annual Week of United and Universal
Prayer' {Wellington Weekly News, 18 May, 1910).
394
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
for the demolition of the old chapel and the erection of a new one
with schools and class-rooms. The old Independent Chapel at
Wellington was a small brick-built building situate in Fore Street
and was erected in 1730. 1 During a period of 130 years the chapel
was found commodious enough to afford all the accommodation
required by those who frequented it, but at the time of Mr. Le
Couteur's pastorate it had fallen into a very dilapidated state which
together with the fact that the number of Independents or Congrega-
tionalists in Wellington had been considerably augmented, rendered it
absolutely necessary that a larger and better building should be erected.
The ceremony2 of laying the foundation stone of the new chapel
was performed by Henry Fox, Esq., of Wellington, at 4 o'clock on
Friday afternoon, May 4th, 1860. At this ceremony the Rev. James
Le Couteur read the following copy of a document, containing the
historv of the chapel, which had been placed in a bottle and inserted
in the bottom of the stone.
* Historical Records. — The cause of Christ in connection with this
place originated, under the blessing of God, in the labours of the
Rev. Malachi Blake, a non-conformist minister, residing at Blagdon,
in the parish of Pitminster, who was distantly related to that great
man and distinguished patriot, Admiral Blake. The congregation at
that time worshipped in a meeting-house somewhere behind the
Three Cups Inn, in Wellington. In the year 1726,3 Mr. Perry, a
resident in the town, purchased the present site, with the view of
enabling the people to bury in their own ground, and with the under-
standing they should erect a place of worship within three years. In
1730 our late chapel was opened. The names of the ministers who
have successively occupied the pulpit are as follows : — Rev. Mr. Berry,
the church during his ministry consisting of 28 members ; Rev.
Risdon Darracott, 1741 to 1759. In 1748 the chapel was enlarged,
at a cost of £56 14.?. 4*1. The church while he was pastor numbered
300 members. Rev. Jeremiah Field, the next pastor, died 27th of
April, 1767 ; his funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr.
Johnson, of Taunton. Rev. Richard Parminter settled here in
Sept. 1767, and left December, 1777. Rev. Joseph Chadwick, born
at Trull, near Taunton, in 1751, ordained 13th of July, 1781, 4
1 I have a photograph of a picture which shows the front view of this old
Independent Chapel. In the burial ground a funeral service is being conducted
by the pastor Mr. Cuff. On the footpath outside the church grounds there is a
bath-chair, in which is seated Mrs. Elizabeth Parminter, which is being drawn by
Roger Nott. Thomas Jarman Cuff is by the side of the chair. In the roadway there
is a group of three figures which represents Mr. Davie, the attorney, with his wife
and daughter. The picture was drawn by Richard Parminter Cuff in 1843.
2 A full account of the ceremony, speeches, &c, is given in the SomerȤi County
Gazette, 12 May, 1860.
3 Probably a misprint for 1728, see Trust deed dated 18 July, 1728, p. 340
4 Apparently an error ; more probably 31 July, 1778, see p. 358.
395
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
removed to Sherborne, Dorset, went to Oundle in 1792,1 pastor there
more than 40 years, died 7th May, 1841, in his 90th year. Rev.
John Giles, ordained in the autumn of 1787, left for America. Rev.
Mr. Parish preached his first sermon at Wellington, March 29th,
1795. Rev. Daniel Tyerman took the charge 16th of July, 1800,
left for Newport in the Isle of Wight ; visited the missionary stations
on behalf of the London Missionary Society, in company with Mr.
George Bennett, and died in the capital of Madagascar. Rev. William
Lewis was here for a short time. Rev. William Bannister com-
menced his labours here towards the close of 1807. Rev. John
Harcomb Cuff came to Wellington, in June, 1812, was ordained
September 8th, 1813, died 29th October, 1845. In the year 1815
a gallery was erected for the accommodation of the Sunday School,
at a cost of £57 11.?. 2d. In 1829 Sunday school-rooms2 were also
built. In 1846 the Rev. William Winlaw became minister here,
and left in 1850. In 1851 the Rev. James Le Couteur accepted the
call to the pastorate here. The chapel having been the scene of
much usefulness for 130 years, requiring, from the lapse of time,
extensive repairs, it was deemed desirable, after much deliberation,
to rebuild. The foundation-stone of the present structure was laid
by Henry Fox, Esq., May 4th, I860.1
To this were appended the following names : Pastor, J. Le
Couteur ; deacons, E. Miller and G. T. Freek ; committee, T. E.
Hooker, W. Stradling, W. Payne, C. Norman, J. Haddon, F. Lane,
J. Pring, and E. Parsons.
After the reading of the paper, Mr. Fox and the Rev. H. Addis-
cott addressed the meeting ; the Doxology was then sung, and the
ceremonv was concluded by prayer, offered up by the Rev. J. Poole,
of Bishop's Hull.
An amusing scene followed, the children in the yard being each
allowed the privilege of standing on the foundation stone. A large
cake was afterwards given to each juvenile as he or she left the yard.
A tea meeting was afterwards held in the Town Hall, when
upwards of 250 persons assembled, and the Rev. J. Le Couteur, who
addressed the gathering, stated that they had ^J590 in the bank, and
that the promises they had received would make it <£*]050, out of
which the Chapel-Building Society in London had contributed 1J150.
The building without the school-room and class-rooms would cost
£1400, and with them £1600.
The gathering was also addressed by Mr. Pollard, the architect,
and the Rev. H. Addiscott, Mr. Young, the Rev. E. Jones, and others.
A full report is printed in the Somerset County Gazette^ 12 Mav,
1860.
1 Should be 1790, see p. 361.
2 This is referred to in the Trust deed, 1 January, 1H29, see p.
396
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The ceremony of opening the new Independent Chapel, Schools
and Class-rooms, took place on Wednesday, 26 June, 1861, and the
following contemporary description of the building will be of in-
terest : — 4 The new chapel stands on the site of the old one, in Fore
Street, near the centre of the town. It was built by Mr. Macey, of
Bishop's Hull, from the designs, and under the superintendence, of
Mr. S. Pollard, architect, of Taunton.
4 It is a strikingly handsome building, and is highly creditable to
the skill and taste of all the parties concerned. It is in the Early
English style, and its external parts are of flint, with Bath-stone
dressings. On either side it has five buttresses, with two in front,
terminating at the apex of the gable with cups and finial. The
principal entrance, fronting the street, is by double-arched doorwavs,
opening into the vestibule, 22 feet by 10 feet, with two separate
entrances and staircases to the gallery. The interior of the chapel is
remarkable for its neatness, loftiness and spaciousness. The size of
the chapel in the gallery, which extends over the vestibule, is 68 feet
by Slh This does not include the apse, which is behind the pulpit,
and has three ornamental windows. The body is fitted with neat,
varnished open sittings, capable of affording accommodation to 400
persons ; while in the organ and school gallery there is room for 140
more. The pulpit is a raised enclosed platform on a dais, and on this
is placed the communion-table. The roof of the chapel is an open
one, and the whole of the timbers visible are wrought and varnished.
The central height is 40 feet, and the side height 20. On each side
of the building are three mullion arch-headed traceried windows. On
each side a trebled front window, and an oriel window over the
pulpit. The chapel is lighted with gas, a central corona light being
suspended from the roof. In the gallery is placed a small organ.
Attached to the chapel are two remarkably fine schoolroom-, a
prayer-room, and six class-rooms, with a vestry for the minister.
The cost of the entire building was only £1956, and towards that
sum £\500 had been contributed or promised, leaving ^456 to be
collected to clear off the debt."'
The ceremony commenced shortly before eleven a.m. with a prayer
by the Rev. J. Allen, of the Independent Chapel, Chudleigh, and the
singing of a hymn. The Rev. A. McMillan, of the North Street
(Independent) Chapel, Taunton, then read portions of the Scriptures,
which were followed by prayer. Then the Rev. T. W. Aveling. of
London, preached a sermon on 2 Peter i. 18 : — 4 And this voice which
came from Heaven we heard when we were with Him in the Holy
Mount.' The sermon being followed by a hvnm, and a collection
made, the morning service terminated with a prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Baynes, pastor of the Baptist Chapel, Wellington.
In the schoolroom a lunch was laid, to which about 200 persons
39T
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
sat down, grace being said by the Rev. F. J. Perry, pastor of the
Independent Chapel, Ilminster.
Addresses were delivered by Mr. Le Couteur, the Rev. A. M.
Brown, LL.D., of Cheltenham, Mr. H. O. Wills, of Bristol, Mr.
Pollard, the architect, T. Coker, of Taunton, the Rev. E. Jones, of the
Independent Chapel, Bridgwater, Mr. Hooker, of Wellington, the
Rev. T. W. Aveling, of London, the Rev. W. II. Griffith, headmaster
of the Dissenters1 Proprietary College, Taunton, and the Rev. A.
McMillan, of Taunton, each in their turn spoke on the necessity of
clearing off the debt on the new chapel. Mr. Pollard, speaking of the
old chapel, said that 4 Upstairs there was a place, a sort of dark hole
— it could hardly be called a 44 black hole " — where they used to put
the unruly children. The gallery was unfit for habitation, and below
it was far from comfortable for the congregation."
After the luncheon Mr. Le Couteur announced that the result of
the appeal made by slips of paper had reduced the debt to £202.
A public tea-meeting was held at half-past five p.m. in the school-
rooms. After tea the company adjourned to the chapel, where
addressed were delivered by Mr. Coker, the Rev. Mr. Aveling, and
Mr. W. Wills, after which it was announced that by payments and
promises the debt was further reduced to £126.
The evening service commenced at half-past seven. The Rev . Dr.
Brown preached from Zechariah iii. 9 and 10 : 4 For behold the stone
that I have laid before Joshua,1 &c. After the service a collection
was made, which left the debt on the chapel at about £\00. A very
full report of this cerenionv is given in the Somerset Counli) Gazette,
29 June, 1861.
During the erection of the new buildings Mr. Charles Haddon1
rendered verv valuable help as unpaid 'clerk of the works.1 Mrs. Sarah
Cuff, the widow of the Rev. John Harcombe Cuff, gave over £500
towards the expenses.
In 1861, the new chapel, then described as 4 Congregational
Independent Chapel, Fore Street, Wellington,1 was registered for
solemnizing marriages therein (pursuant to the Act 6 & 7 Wm. IV.
cap. 85) on 25 July, 1861. 2 The old chapel was registered in
August, 1837.
John Nott, by his will dated 22 December, 1855, proved at
Taunton 26 July, 1862, bequeathed to the Trustees of the Independent
Chaple, at Wrangway, ^200, for the support of the school attached
to the chapel and the officiating minister thereof, at the discretion
of the Trustees.
20 January, 1863, J. Le Couteur delivered a lecture at the
Chapel on 4 Risdon Darracott and his Times.' About 300 persons
1 Somerset Congregational Mag. February, 1891.
2 London Gazette, 30 July, 1861, p. 3196.
398
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
were present, a tea-meeting preceded the lecture, and some person
purloined three silver spoons.1
A new organ erected in the gallery, by Messrs. Cranmer & Co.,
London, in 1865, was opened by an organ recital by Mr. J. R. Toms,
on the 16 December. A sermon was preached by the Rev. R. P.
Erlebach, of Chard. The organ contained 10 stops, and 362 pipes;
estimated cost £130. Among the contributors were Mr. P. J.
Elworthy and Mrs. Elworthy for £4Q.2
In 1865 a night school, for young men belonging to the Bible
Class of the Sunday School, was opened. Mr. Hill conducted it.3
There were three Trust deeds4 executed during Mr. Le Couteur" >
pastorate: (1) Conveyance, dated 2 October, 1854, by John Lean to
new trustees, of a yearly rent charge of £4<. (2) Assignment, 6 June,
1866, by John Pring to new Trustees, of cottages and gardens in
Howermans Lane and Conveyance of Cottages and School house, a plot
of ground and of a house in Mantle Street. No doubt the same
property vested in trustees by Indenture 1 January, 1829 (see
p. 386). (3) Deed dated 25 May, 1867, Jno. Wm. Pulsford and
others to new Trustees. Appointment of new Trustees.
The following special sermons by Mr. lie Couteur were published: —
Blessed arc the dead which die in the Lord. A sermon occasioned
by the death of Mrs. Waldron, Wellington, Somerset, preached on
Sunday morning, January 27th, 1861. By James Le Couteur. 8vo.
Wellington, 1861.
Peace with God. A sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs.
Shapland, Wellington, Somerset, preached on Sunday evening, July 10th,
1864. By James Le Couteur. 8 pp. 16mo. Wellington, 1864.
The funeral sermon by Mr. Humphreys was published with the
following title : A Funeral Sermon delivered on the occasion of the
death of the Rev. James Le Couteur, at the Independent Chapel,
Wellington, on Sunday morning, January 9th, 1870, by the Rev. G. W.
Humphreys, B.J. 4 Into thine hand I commit my Spirit ; Hum hast
redeemed me, O Lord God of Truth.'' Printed by Cutler. Wellington,
pp. 8.
P. HEW ART DAVISON (1870-1873).
The Rev. Portas He wart Davison who succeeded the Rev. James
Le Couteur, was born at Hull, 28 April, 1819. Early in life he
developed powers as a public speaker, preaching his first sermon when
aged 15. His father, a builder in Hull, put him to the draperv
business, but being selected as a candidate for the Congregational
ministry he entered Rotherham College for the usual training. At
1 Somerset Co. Gaz. 24 Jan. 1863. 2 Ibid. 16 Dec. 1865. :1 Ibid. 19 Aug. 1865.
4 I am unable to supply fuller details of these deeds, as the Rev. G. W. Joyce
refuses to answer my letters to him concerning the history of this church. — A. L. H.
399
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
the close of his college course he became pastor of a church at
Dronfield, Derbyshire, about 1846 to 1850, where he was known as
the 'boy preacher.1 His next pastorate was at Cockermouth, 1850
to 1854, where he was the means of building a new chapel. Whilst
at Cockermouth he married Miss Elizabeth Colford. After some
years of useful work at Cockermouth he accepted a call, in 1855, to
the pastorate of the church at Wandsworth, Surrey, then a growing
suburb of London. He entered ardently into his work, his congrega-
tion increased, and it became necessary to erect a larger church. As
an appreciation of his labours a clock was presented to him inscribed
* Presented to Rev. P. H. Davison, with a purse of gold, by friends in
his c hurch and congregation, as a token of their esteem and regard for
him as their pastor. Wandsworth, 7 October, 1863.'
The strain of an ever-growing pastorate proved too great and
together with the ill-health of his wife he was led to resign his charge
in 1869. After a time of rest, thinking that his work was not all done,
he visited the West of England and received calls to the pastorate
at Kingsbridge and also at Wellington. At Wellington he had
made a great impression, the young people especially sending him a
petition, numerously signed, wanting him to come to Wellington.
He accepted the call of this Church for three years and commenced
his ministry in March, 1870. In 1873 his health would not permit
him to carry on the regular work of a pastorate, so he retired from th«
ministry. He continued to reside at Wellington, but moved into the
High Street, where he purchased a house, and for some years he did
good service as an occasional supply, and remained a member of the
Wellington Church until his death.
Whilst pastor of Wellington he renovated and enlarged the
minister's residence, giving liberally towards the same and collecting
most of the money for the outlay. He was largely instrumental in
the rebuilding of the village chapel at Wrangway. Mr. Davison
was of a bright genial disposition, very fond of children and flowers,
and very proud of being a Yorkshireman. His style of preaching was
practical rather than profound or original. He died 7 January,
1894, after a few days1 illness. His wife survived him.
(Congregational Year Book\ 1895, p. 199; Wellington Weekly
News, 10 Jan. 1894 ; Somerset Congregational Mag. Feb. 1891,
article by the Rev. G. W. Joyce on Wellington Congregational Chapel.)
WILLIAM COURTNALL (1873-1879).
The Rev. William Courtnall, who succeeded the Rev. P. H.
Davison, was the only son of James Courtnall and was born at
Harnet, 12 October, i839. He joined the church at Cambervvell
Green, under the pastorate of John Burnet, subsequently he studied
400
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
for the ministry at Hackney College. In 1866 lie accepted the
pastorate at Haverhill, where he remained until 1869. Ili^ next
pastorate was at Cheese Lane Chapel, Wellingborough, which lie held
from 1870 to 1873, and then, having succeeded in uniting two
churches, he resigned, as he considered that the united church should
choose its own minister. Mr CourtnalPs final pastorate was at
Wellington, where he received a welcome from the church and con-
gregation at a meeting held ^io November, 1873. Whilst at
Wellington he for some time acted as one of the Secretaries for
the Somerset Association. During his pastorate he had preaching
stations at Wrangway, Westleigh, and Appley. Through failing
health he was obliged to retire from ministerial work, and in his
resignation of the Wellington pastorate, which took effect on
3 October, 1879, he said that it was 4 a happy and peaceful pastorate,
terminated as pleasantly as it had commenced and continued."
During his pastorate of Wellington restrictions were made con-
cerning the use of the chapel and grounds for burial purposes. By
an Order in Council, dated 24 March, 1873, it was ordered that
burials in the Independent Chapel were wholly forbidden, and that
interments in the burial ground should be discontinued on and after
1 January, 1874, except in vaults and walled graves existing on
1 November, 1872, in which each coffin shall be embedded in
charcoal and separately enclosed by stonework or brickwork properly
cemented, and except also in other graves for the burial of the
widowers, widows, or parents of those previously buried in the
burial ground (London Gazette, 25 March, 1873, p. 1652). By
another Order in Council dated 7 July, 1874, the date of the dis-
continuance of burials in the burial ground was postponed to
31 December, 1874 (London Gazette, 10 July, 1874, p. 3453).
Mr. Courtnall after his retirement from Wellington went to
reside at Sudbury, Suffolk, where he took an active interest in tem-
perance and philanthropic work. He became the secretary of the
South Wrestern Division of the Suffolk Congregational Union at its
formation in 1881, retaining the post until 1900, during which period
he visited nearly every church in West Suffolk. He died at his
residence, Wood Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk, 22 October, 1907.
(Congregational Year Book, various years, especially obituary in
1908, p. 171 ; Wellington Congregational Chapel and Schools, by
G. \V. Joyce, in the Somerset Congregational Magazine. February
1891).
WILLIAM MOODY BLAKE (1880-1884).
The vacancy in the pastorate caused by the resignation of Mr.
Courtnall was filled by the Rev. William Moody Blake, who com-
menced his labours as pastor 29 February, 1880. Mr. Blake was
401
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
born in Vizagapatan, in the Presidency of Madras, India, 6 August,
1828. His early home and education were at Madras, and his
English college education was partly in London and partly at
Bedford. Upon returning to India lie continued his studies at
Calcutta under the Rev. A. F. Lacroix. Being persuaded by Mrs.
Mullens, daughter of Mr. Lacroix, he entered the service of the
London Missionary Society in 1858, and laboured at Mirzapore, and
for about ten years in Benares, where he married.
He returned to England in 1870, and owing to his wife's health
he stayed and laboured for the London Missionary Society on
deputation work. Ultimately he accepted a pastorate at St. Peter's,
Guernsey, 1871-4, afterwards that of Holt, in Wiltshire, 1876-9.
His next pastorate was at Wellington, 29 February, 1880. Here
he found preaching stations at Wrangway and Appley, but the Appley
station was soon closed. On 21 December, 1883, new Trustees were
appointed concerning the Chapel and properties connected therewith.1
Mr. Blake resigned this pastorate 5 October, 1884, and went to
reside at Clifton, Bristol. He took up again deputation work for the
London Missionary Society, and in September, 1887, whilst engaged
on this work and travelling between Mevagissey and St. Austell, in
Cornwall, he was thrown from his vehicle and fractured a collar bone.
He returned to Clifton, and apparently progressed favourably, but
after a few days he suddenly collapsed, and died of syncope, 30 Sep-
tember, 1887. His widow survived him, but no family. He was
buried at Arno's Vale Cemetery, Bristol, 3 October.
(Congregational Year Hooks, especially obituary in 1888, p. 149 ;
G. W, Joyce, Wellington Chapel, in the Somerset Congregational
Ma»:, Feb., 1891 ; Chron, London Miss. Soc. 1887, pp. 491-2, 496.)
GEORGE WILLIAM JOYCE (1885- ).
The Rev. George William Joyce, the present pastor, who suc-
ceeded the Rev. W. Moody Blake, was born at Faccombe, Hampshire,
and was trained for the ministry at Hackney College. He was pastor
at Mitcham, 1870-2; Tavistock, Devon, 1872-6*; and at Farnham,
Surrey, 1876 86. He commenced his pastorate at Wellington, 10 May,
1885. During his long pastorate at Wellington, Mr. Joyce has
not confined all his labours to his church but has done much useful
public work. From 188b'-1902 he was one of the secretaries of the
Somerse t Congregational Union and of which he was chairman in
1894. For about 22 years he was the Hon. Secretary of the Somerset
Evangelist Society. He is a Director of the London Missionary
Society. Mr. Joyce has taken much interest in local affairs; for many
vears he was a member of the Board of Guardians, took an active
1 I have been unable to see this deed, Mr. Joyce not having answered my letters
concerning this and other deeds. — A. L. H.
409
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
interest in elementary education and served as c hairman of the Welling-
ton School Board and of its successor the Council School Manage
On Tuesday, 9 May, 1905, a date which marked the conclusion
of 20 years of his ministry at Wellington, Mr. Joyce was presented
by the Church and Congregation with an illuminated address and a
cheque for £50 12.y. 6d. in recognition of his services as pastor.
Mr. Joyce edited Can ye drink of the cup that I drink of?, and
other .sermons, by the Rev. J. M. Newland, London, 1879. He
published in the Somerset Congregational Magazine, Feb., 1891, an
account of the Wellington Congregational Chapel and Schools. He is
known as a judge of birds, and on the 10 Feb., 1911, he lectured on
'Canaries and some Familiar British Birds."
During his pastorate many improvements have been made in the
church. In 1892 the plain glass of the large window in the front was
replaced by coloured and tinted glass, and a new vestry was built.
The organ was removed from the gallery and placed in the apse
behind the pulpit. This arrangement necessitated structural altera-
tions which were carried out by Mr. Twyibrd under the super-
intendence of Mr. E. T. Howard, architect. The choir-stalls were
fixed in front of the pulpit and the apse transformed into an organ
chamber. The organ was entirely rebuilt and enlarged by Mr.
Knight, organ builder, of Bishop's Hull. The re-opening service took
place on Friday, 29 July, 1892, when Mr. J. H. Toms gave an organ
recital, and Mr. Tozer, the honorary treasurer, said that the estimated
cost of the work was i?145, towards which they had received or
were promised £79 16s.-
In 1902 hot-water pipes were installed for the heating of the
school and class rooms, the paths around the church were asphalted,
and some improvements to the parsonage were carried out.
Early in 1910 it was decided to carry out renovations and altera-
tions to the chapel and also to enlarge the organ. The enlargement
of the organ was entrusted to Messrs. Knight & Son, of Taunton.
The renovation of the chapel carried out by J. Twyford, builder, of
Wellington, was of an extensive character. The spaces between the
roof timbers were opened out and whitened, the walls were coloured,
the whole of the woodwork cleansed and varnished and the stone-
work cleansed. And a further improvement was made bv the intro-
duction of six stained glass windows in place of the plain glass before
in use. The estimated cost of the renovation was about ^'300.
The re-opening ceremony took place on Friday, 13 May, 1910, the
occasion also being utilised to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the pastorate of Mr. Joyce. The Rev. W. Hardy Harwood delivered
the sermon at the afternoon service. At the evening gathering addresses
1 Congreqational Year Book ; Wellington Weekly Neics, 18 May, 1910.
2 Wellington Weekly News, 4 Aug. 189-2 ; 25 Oct. 1911.
403
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
bearing on Mr. Joyce's twenty-fifth anniversary were delivered by the
chairman, Mr. E, Lee Michell, of Wellington, Mr. G. E. Colthurst,
the Rev. J. H. Cox, of Taunton, the Rev. W. Hardy Harwood, and
the Rev. Sydney J. Jones, pastor of the South Street Baptist Church.1
In order to clear off' the remainder of the debt, about £100,
incurred by the renovations and alterations, a 'Pagoda1 Bazaar was
held, 17 and 18 June, 1910, in Mr. Egerton Burnett's grounds,
'The Avenue,1 in South Street. The opening ceremony was
performed by Mr. J. Howard Fox, of Robin's Close, who reminded
his hearers that his earliest recollection of a service in the Congrega-
tional Church was a good many years ago when the pulpit was
occupied by a lady.2 The amount realised was nearly ^100. In
November, 1910, it was announced that as the result of the bazaar,
and the responses to appeals for subscriptions, the whole cost of the
renovation of the Chapel, School-room, and Class-rooms, had been
defrayed and that there was a balance in hand.
On 20 October, 1911, a meeting was held to celebrate the
Jubilee of the present church and Sunday schools when the Rev. G.
W. Joyce read an historical sketch descriptive of the Congregational
Church and Sunday Schools in Wellington.
Statistics from the ' Congregational Year Book.''
Seating accommodation at Wellington, 600, Wrangway, 150.
Year
Book.
Church
Members
Scholars on Books.
Teachers.
Lay
Preach-
ers.
Secretary for the
Somerset Union.
Welling-
ton.
Wrang-
way.
Welling-
ton.
Wrang-
way.
1900
185
47
22
10
5
The Pastor
1901
185
47
22
10
5
95 ??
1902
47
10
1903
No
Retur
ns
C. W. Shapland
1904
165
194
31
23
8
5
F. J. Burnett
1905
191
195
33
21
6
7
55 55
1906
167
189
38
24
10
7
55 »J
1907
166
178
39
22
6
7
Robert Giles
1908
166
178
39
22
6
7
55 55
1909
No
Retur
ns
55 55
1910
168
180
28
26
6
7
55 55
1911
168
167
30
25
6
7
55 55
1912
171
171
31
24
7
7
55 55
1 Full report in Wellington Weekly News, 18 May, 1910.
2 Probably refers to Mrs. Henry Dening (w'e Geraldine Hooper) who conducted
services in the various chapels of Wellington in 1869 and 1870. See Somerset, County
Gazette, <24 April and 16 Oct., 1869; also She Spake of Him* being recollections of
Mrs. Henry Dening, Bristol, 187-2, p. 161.
404
THE REGISTERS.
The Registers of the Wellington Congregational Church containing
the Births and Baptisms, 1786-1837, and Burials, 1812-1837, consist
of three books bound together into one volume. This volume is
preserved at Somerset House, London, and is numbered 84. It was
deposited there for safe custody, with about 7000 other Registers
concerning non-parochial churches. These Registers had been sur-
rendered1 to the Commissioners who were appointed, in 1836, to enquire
into the state, custody, and authenticity of Non-Parochial Registers.
Prefixed to the volume containing the Wellington Congregation-
alists1 Registers there is a statement, dated 13 July, 1837, signed
by John Harcombe Cuff, certifying that the volume contained the
4 Register Books of Births, Baptisms and Burials, which have been
kept for the Chapel or Meeting House called the Lower-Meeting
being of Presbyterian, now commonly called Independent denomina-
ation, situate in Wellington, county of Somerset, founded about the
year 1730/
The following information has been abstracted from these
Registers at Somerset House.
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS, 1786-1837.
George, son of Thos. & Grace Winter vms born on the 27 Nov. i/86. and christened
on the 10 Day of Dec. 1786. Registered by me John Giles.2
The above is a full entry, the following give the substance only.
Entries registered by John Giles :
John son of Wra. & Mary Babage, b. 25 Dec, 1784, eh. 10 Dec, 1786.
Molly, dau. of Saml. and Elizabeth Linnington, b. 21 Dec, 1783, oh. 10 Dec, 1786.
William, son of Saml. and Eliz. Linnington, b. 10 Sept., 1785, eh. 10 Dec, 17S(i.
Mary, dau. of Wm. and Jane Hickman, b. 9 Oct., 1786, ch. 10 Dec, 1786.
Samuel, son of Benjn. and Mary Glass, 6. 20 March, 1786, rh. 10 Dec, 1786.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Sarah Thorne, b. 31 Jan., 178 1, rh. 10 Dec, 17St'».
Sarah, dau. of John and Mary Allen, b. 21 Oct., 1780, rh. 10 Dec, 1786.
Sarah, dau. of Wm. and Betty Palmer, 6. 27 Oct., 1786, rh. 10 Dec, 1786.
Hannah, dau. of Jno. and Mary Swain, b. 11 June, 1785, rh. 10 Dec, 1786.
John, son of Jno. and Elizabeth Glass, b. 25 August, 1781, eh. 10 Dec, 17S<>'.
John, son of George and Ann Manfield, b. 23 Jan., 1786, eh. 10 Dec, 1786.
Mary, dau. of Thomas and Betty Martin, b. 8 Jan., 1787, rh. 28 Oct., 1787.
James, son of George and Mary Lapthorn, b. 8 Jan., 1787, oh. 88 Oct., 1787.
Sarah, dau. of Saml. and Elizabeth Linnington, b. 25 June, 1787, rh. 28 Oct., 1 787.
1 They were sent to the Commissioners by the Rev. J. H. Cuff, U July. 1837. see p. 383.
8 The words in italics represent the printed form used in this register.
i05
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Mary, dau. of John and Betty Baker, b. 15 Sept., 1787, ch. 28 Oct., 1787.
Mary, dau. of John and Mary Swain, 6. 6 May, 1787, ch. 28 Oct., 1787.
Richd., son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Tucker, b. 26 Sept., 1785, eh. 28 Oct., 1787.
Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Sally Pine, b. 14 June, 1787, ch. 28 Oct., 1787.
Jemima, dau. of Jno. and Jane Giles, b. 22 June, 1787, ch. 28 Oct., 1787.
Wm., son of Henry and Elizth. Caswill[«.e. Carswell], h. 29 Nov., 1787, ch. 20 Jan., 1 788.
Mary, dau. of Geo. and Ann Mansfield, />. 9 Jan., 1788, ch. 20 Jan., 1788.
Mary, dau. of Nicholas and Elizth. Tucker, 6. 18 May, 1788, ch. 28 Sept., 1788.
Mary, dau. of Jno. and Sarah Job, b. 13 Feb., 1788, ch. 28 Sept., 1788.
Wm., son of James and Anne Pulsford, 6. 27 Aug., 1788, ch. 28 Sept., 1788.
Wm., son of Thos. and Sarah Thorn, b. 20 May, 1788, ch. 28 Sept., 1788.
Polly, dau. of Thos. and Mary Baker, 6. 27 May, 1788, ch. 28 Sept., 1788.
Hannah, dau. of Richd. and Mary Job, b. 15 June, 1788, ch. 28 Sept., 1788.
Mark Broadfoot, son of Mark and Margarett Westron, b. ch. 25 Dec, 1788.
Jno., son of Wm. and Elizth. Pulsford, 6. 7 Nov., 1788, ch. 22 Feb., 1789.
Sarah, dau. of Jno. and Mary Allen, b. 28 Nov., 1788, ch. 22 Feb., 1789.
Elizth., dau. of Saml. and Elizth. Linnington, b. 22 Jan., 1789, ch. 22 Feb., 1789.
Jane, dau. of Thos. and Mary Bartlett, 6. 12 Jan., 1789, ch. 22 Feb., 1789.
Jno., son of Thos. and Mary Dorom, b. 13 Feb., 1789, ch. 22 Feb., 1789.
Henry, son of Edwd. and Grace Clark, 6. 26 Dec, 1788, ch. 22 Feb., 1789.
Jane, dau. of James and Mary Lapthorn, b. 6 Feb., 1789, ch. 22 Feb., 1789.
Hannah, dau. of Tho. and Betty Martin, 6. 17 March, 1789, ch. 23 Aug., 1789.
Wm., son of Peter and Rachel Wakeham, b. 25 March, 1789, ch. 23 Aug., 1789.
Phillip, son of Jno. and Betty Baker, 6. 23 April, 1789, ch. 23 Aug., 1789.
Fanny, dau. of Wm. and Mary Thorne, b. 3 May, 1789, eh. 23 Aug., 1789.
Hannah, dau. of Wm. and Hannah Powell, b. 15 July, 1789, ch. 23 Aug., 1789.
Peach, son of John and Jane Giles, b. 19 June, 1789, ch. 23 Aug., 1789.
Anne, dau. of Jno. and Anne Towse, 6. 7 Nov., 1789, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Betty, dau. of Jno. and Susannah Coles, b. 1 March, 1790, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Clematt, son of Clematt and Anne Snook, b. 30 April, 1790, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Robert, son of Jno. and Anne Hallett, b. 1 May, 1790, eh. 28 Nov., 1790.
Mariah, dau. of Jno. and Elinor Ackland, b. 19 May, 1790, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Wm., son of Wm. and Betty Pulsford, b. 29 May, 1790, eh. 28 Nov., 1790.
Elizth., dau. of Richd. and Xnne Calway, 24 June, 1790, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Thos., son of Thos. and Jane Frost, b. 27 July, 1790, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Anne, dau. of Mark and Margaret Westron, />. 4 Aug., 1790, ch. 31 Dec, 1790.
Sarah, dau. of Nicholas and Betty Tucker, b. 14 Aug., 1790, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Jane, dau. of James and Anne Pulsford, b. 28 Sept., 1790, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Jane Jarmin, dau. of Saml. and Eliz. Linnington, b. 9 Sept., 1790, ch. 28 Nov., 1790.
Narcissa, dau. of Jno. and Jane Giles, b. 13 Feb., 1791, ch. 10 Aug., 1791.
Francis, son of Jno. and Mary Southerton, b. 12 April, 1778, ch. 12 May, 1778.
Mary, dau. of Jno. and Mary Southerton, />. 30 Jan., 1782, ch. 28 Feb., 1782.
Charlotte, dau. of Jno. and Mary Southerton, b. 8 Nov., 1784, ch. 9 Dec, 1784.
Sarah Caroline, dau. of Jno. and Mary Southerton, b. 4 May, 1780, ch. 7 June, 1786.
Emma, dau. of Jno. and Mary Southerton, b. 13 Sept., 1787, ch. 10 Aug., 1791.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jno. and Mary Southerton, />. 27 Aug., 1790, ch. 10 Aug., 1791.
Mary, dau. of Jno. and Grace Timewell, b. 8 Nov., 1785, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
William, son of Jno. and Grace Timewell, b. 10 May, 1787, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
John, son of Jno. and Grace Timewell, b. 19 Dec, 1790, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Sarah, dau. of Jno, and Tacey Bennett, b. 3 Jan., 1785, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
406
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
Mary, dau. of Jno. and Tacey Bennett, b. 3 Nov., 1787, eh. 28 Aug., 1787.1
Mellony, ' yc son I suppose' of Jno. and Tracey2 Bennet, b. 1 Feb., 1789, eh.
26 Aug., 1792.
Joseph, son of Jno. and Tracey2 Bennett, h. 3 April, 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
William, son of Thomas and Mary Waterman, b. 12 Sept., 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Susanna, dau. of Jno. and Jane Tottle, b. 12 Feb., 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
William, son of Nicholas and Hannah Fry, b. 21 Aug., 1782, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
John, son of Nicholas and Hannah Fry, b. 2.5 Dec, 1785, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
James, son of Nicholas and Hannah Fry, b. 2.3 Dec, 1787, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Agness, dau. of James and Susannah Alway, b. 11 Dec, 1790, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Honour, dau. of James and Susannah Fry, b. 11 March, 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jno. and Mary Tooze, b. 27 June, 1791, eh. 26 Aug., 1792.
Mary, dau. of Jno. and Mary Allen, b. 20 June, 1791.
James, son of George and Ane Mansfield, b. 29 Jan., 1790, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Moses, son of George and Ane Mansfield, b. 28 Jan., 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 179-?.
Mary, dau. of Wm. and Mary Thome, b. 20 Jan., 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Betty, dau. of Wm. and Mary Thorne, b. 20 April, 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Thomas, son of George and Mary Lapthorn, b. 21 March, 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Mary, dau. of Robert and Joan Snook, b. 9 Sept., 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Ane, dau. of John and Elizabeth Baker, b. 23 March, 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Betty, dau. of Edward and Grace Clarke, />. 4 April, 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Isaac, son of and Hannah Raw, b. 16 June, 1791, h. 26 Aug., 1792.
Elizabeth, dau. of Wm. and Elizabeth Pulsford, b. 21 Dec, 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Mary, dau. of George and Sarah Cape, b. 7 Dec, 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Mary, dau. of Thos. and Mary Baker, b. 8 May, 1791, eh. 26 Aug., 1792.
Sarah Bond, dau. of Jno. and Sarah Pine, b. 17 Nov., 1790, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Joan Hallet, b. 11 Aug., 1791, eh. 26 Aug., 1792.
James, son of Royal and Elizabeth Coram, b. 29 Feb., 1791, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Hannah, dau. of Royal and Elizabeth Coram, b. 29 March, 1792, cli. 26 Aug., 1792.
John Bellett, son of William and Sarah Shattock, b. 19 May, 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Samuel, son of Jno. and Mary Swain, />. 23 , 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Henry, son of Jno. and Ane Hallett, b. 17 March, 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Elizabeth, dau. of Peter and Rachel Wakeham, b. 5 Feb., 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Edward, son of Thos. and Mary Doram, b. 22 April, 1792, ch. 29 Aug., 1792.
William, son of Jno. and Jane Stephens, b. 17 April, 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
William, son of Robert and Ane Lane, />. 25 May, 1792, ch. 26 Aug., 1792.
Mira Ann, dau. of Jno. and Jane Giles, b. 17 June, 1794, eh. 21 Sept., 17 Ml.
Sarah, dau. of Thos. and Elizabeth Marting, b. 22 Oct., 1779, ch. 21 Sept., 1791.
Jno., son of Jno. and Susanna Cole, b. 3 Dec, 1792, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
John, son of Jno. and Sarah Pyne, b. 22 Nov., 1792, ch. 21 Sept., 1791,
Jno., son of Jno. and Mary Perry, b. 9 Nov., 1792, ch. 21 Sept., 1794
Sarah, daughter of Jno. and Grace Timewell, b. 12 April, 1793, ch. 21 Sept., 1791.
Jno., son of Benjamin and Joan Hallett, b. 1 Jan., 1793, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
James, son of and Hannah Powel, b. 5 Nov., 1792, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Wm. Collard, son of Joseph and Sarah Pyne, b. 25 Jan., 1791, eh. 21 Sept. 179*
Anne, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Pyne, b. 14 Sept., 1792, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Elizabeth Tucker, b. 19 Jan., 1793, ch. 21 Sept.. 1794.
James, son of Jno. and Mary Tooze, b. 13 April, 1793, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
1 No doubt wrong date. Probably a clerical error for 26 Aug., 1792.
- As in register, althougb preceding entries give 'Tacey.'
407
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Thos., son of and Betty Dummett, b. 26 Aug., 1791, ch. -21 Sept., 1794.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Elizabeth Tucker, b. -27 June, 1794, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Wm., son of Edward and Joan Pleas, b. 4 March, 1786, ch. -21 Sept., 1794.
-Edward, son of Edward and Joan Pleas, b. 6 Dec, 1788, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Mary, dau. of Edward and Joan Pleas, b. 15 Feb., 1791, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Leah, dau. of Edward and Joan Pleas, 6. 2 Aug., 1793, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
George, son of George and Ann Mansfield, b. 15 July, 1 794, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Elizabeth, dau. of George and Mary Lapthorn, b. 28 Aug., 1793, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Mallenar, dau. of and Susannah Fouracre, b. 6 Jan., 1783, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Robert, son of James and Johannah Parsons, b. 10 Oct., 1787, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Betty, dau. of James and Johannah Parsons, b. 23 Jan., 1792, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Jno., son of Jno. and Elenor Ackland, b. 2 Oct., 1792, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Robert, son of Robt. and Tamzin Tottle, 30 Jan., 1794, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Baker, son of James and Susannah Allway, b. 21 July, 1793, ch. 21 Sept., 1791.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jno. and Tacey Bennett, b. 30 July, 1794, ch. 21 Sept., 1791.
Sarah, dau. of Jno. and Mary Swain, b. 5 Sept., 1794, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
Jno., son of Jno. and Grace Stephens, b. 17 Oct., 1793, ch. 21 Sept., 1794.
To here all entries are registered by John Giles. From here the
entries are registered by William Pllsford.
Ann, dau. of Edvv. and Grace Clarke, />. 29 Dec, 1792, ch. 12 June, 1796.
Edward, son of Edward and Grace Clarke, b. 17 Dec, 1794, ch. 12 June, 1796.
Elizth., dau. of James and Elizth. Clarke, b. 12 Nov., 1794, ch. 12 June, 1796.
Sarah, dau. of Robt. and Ann Austin, b. 18 May, 1794, ch. 12 June, 1796.
Thomas, son of Jno. and Elenor Ackland, b. 31 May, 1795, ch. [no date].
John, son of John and Mary Allen, b. 12 Oct., 1796, ch. [no date].
Thomas, son of John and Jane Stephens, b. 13 Aug., 1795, ch. [no date].
Robt, son of Wm. and Tamz. Tottle, b. 30 Jan., 1794, ch. [no date].
Henry, son of Wm. and Tamz. Tottle, b. 3 Mar., 1794, ch. [no date].
George, son of Wm. and Mary Thorne, b. 25 Oct., 1795, ch. [no date].
William, son of John and Sarah Parsons, b. 22 July, 1792 [no date].
Thomas, son of James and Ann Pulsford, b. 9 May, 1796, ch. [no date].
Susanna, dau. of Robt. and Ann Austin, b. '2 Aug., 1787, ch. 12 June, 1796.
The following entries are signed by William Harrington1 :
Grace, dau. of Edwd. and Grace Clarke, b. 11 Feb., 1798, ch. 24 June, 1798.
Jane, dau. of James Clark, b. 16 April, 1797, ch. 24 June, 1798.
' Jane Pulsford, Saml. Woodrow was born 22 Mav 1805/ Christened 24 June 1798. 2
The following entries are signed by Daniel Tyerman :
Mary, dau. of John and Elizabeth Tottill, b. 8 March, 1793, registered 30 Aug.
Sarah, dau. of John and Elizabeth Tottill, l>. 11 March, 1795, registered 30 Aug.
John, son of John and Elizabeth Tottill, A. 20 June, 1797, registered 30 Aug.
Wm., son of Wm. and Mary Thorne, b. 28 Dec., 1794, ch. 30 Aug.
Christiana, dau. of Wm. and Mary Thorne, b. 12 July, 1797, ch. 30 Aug.
Thos., son of Wm. and Mary Thorne, b. 12 May, 1799, ch. 30 Aug.
Edward, son of Wm. and Mary Doaram, 6. 17 Sept., 1790, ch. 30 Aug., 1792.
Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Prue Calborrow, b. 27 July, 1791, ch. 30 Aug., 1805.
1 Probably the minister from Winsham.
2 It is difficult to understand what is mean l by this entry,
4(>s
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
(Adult) Elizabeth, dau. of Elizabeth and Richd. Eveleigh, b. 10 Sept., 1 78 1, ch.
2 June, 1808. (This entry signed by Philip Parsons.)
Charles Rich, son of Daniel and Elizth. Tyerman, 6. 16 Aug., 1800, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
John, son of Robt. and Elizabeth Furze, b. 7 Sept., 1799, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Samuel, son of Saml. and Elizabeth Linnington, b. 5 Feb., 1795, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Ann, dau. of John and Hannah Woodrow, b. 10 Dec, 1799, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Jno., son of Woodrow, b. 11 March, 1802, eh.
Robert, son of James and Ann Pulsford, b. 7 May, 1799, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Mary Ann, dau. of William and Ann Mogford, b. 5 Oct., 1799, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Mary, dau. of John and Ann Hallett, b. 24 Oct., 1799, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Ann, dau. of John and Jane Potter, b. 9 Nov., 1799, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Mary, dau. of James and Joannah Parsons, 6. 21 Nov., 1799, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Edward, son of John and Elizabeth Tottell, b. 8 March, 1800, ch. 24 Aug., 1800.
Mary, dau. of Wm. and Thamazin Tottle, b. 13 June, 1799, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
Elizabeth Pyne, dau. of Wm. and Sarah Buller, in the parish of Thorn, b. 21 March,
1800, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
Thomas, son of George and Ann Mansfield, b. 8 June, 1799, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
John, son of James and Ann Twooze, b. 7 July, 1800, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
Sarah, dau. of Baker, b. 20 Oct., 1799, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
Anna, dau. of John and Mary Allen, b. 10 March, 1800, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
Sarah, dau. of Robt. and Elizabeth Trickey, b. 27 Dec, 1797, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
Ann, dau. of James and Mary Perry, 6. 5 Oct., 1794, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
Henry, son of James and Mary Perry, b. 3 May, 1799, ch. 31 Aug., 1800.
(Adult) Sarah, dau. of George and Hannah Oatway, b. 24 May, 1772, ch. 24 Oct. , 1800.
(Adult) Phil., son of Robt. and Sarah Parsons, b. 7 June, 1770, ch. 19 Dec, 1800.
Tacey, dau. of John and Tacey Bennet, 6. 27 Nov., 1800, ch. 12 Jan., 1801.
Eliza, dau. of John and Elizabeth Baker, b. 10 Sept., 1800, ch. 1 March, 1801.
Eliza, dau. of James and Baker, b. 27 Dec, 1800, eh. 1 March, 1801.
Lydia, dau. of Edward and Grace Clark, b. 22 Sept., 1800, ch. 1 March, 1801.
Richard, son of Jno. and Hannah Dyke, b. 15 March, 1801, ch. 8 Oct., 1801.
William, son of John and Susanna Frost, b. 23 Oct., 1801, ch. 15 Nov., 1801.
James, son of Thos. and Ann Stock, b. 23 Sept., 1801, ch. 15 Nov., 1801.
Mary Ann, dau. of Jos. and Mary Tuttell, b. 5 July, 1801, ch. 15 Nov., 1801.
Edward, son of Nicholas and Betty Tucker, b. 23 Feb., 1797, ch. 15 Nov., 1801.
John, son of John and Sarah Tucker, b. 14 Oct., 1801, ch. 15 Nov., 1801.
John, son of Abm. and Ann Pyne, b. 19 Sept., 1794, ch. 15 Nov., 1801.
Mary, dau. of Abm. and Ann Pyne, b. 13 April, 1796, ch. 15 Nov.. 1801.
Charles, son of Abm. and Anne Pyne, />. 3 Dec, 1797, eh. 15 Nov., 1801.
Grace Palmer, dau. of Abm. and Anne Pyne, b. 25 Jan., , ch. 15 Nov., 1801.
Edward, son of Wm. and Betty Pulsford, b. 5 Nov., 1797, ch. 1 Jan., 1802.
Jane, dau. of Wm. and Betty Pulsford, b. 23 April, 1799, ch. 1 Jan.. 1802.
Ann, dau. of Wm. and Betty Pulsford, b. 19 Jan., 1801, ch. 1 Jan., 1802.
Thos., son of Jas. and Grace Lane, b. 14 Sept., 1792, ch. 28 Sept., 1792.
Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham and Ann Pyne, b. 14 July, 1802, ch. 1 Jan., 1802. 1
Obed, son of Obed and Mary Jordan, b. 30 June, 1798, eh. 8 May, 1809.
Robert, son of Obed and Mary Jordan, b. 9 April, 1802, ch. 2 May, 1809.
William, son of John and Mary Baker, b. 8 Jan., 1802, ch. 2 May, ISO?.
Sarah Ann Rich, dau. of Daniel and Elizabth. Tyerman, b. 15 March, 1802, ch.
2 May, 1802.
1 These dates are evidently wrong.
409 g g
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Harriet Hews, dau. of Richd. and Elizabh. White of Sixpenny Handley, co. Dorset,
b. 14 Sept., 1802, ch. 20 Oct., 1809.
William, son of John and Elena Ackland, b. 25 March, 1801, ch. 5 Nov., 1802.
John, son of Wm. and Tamozin Tottle, b. 29 Jan., 1802, rh. 5 Nov., 1802.
John, son of Richd. and Ann Calway, b. 13 April, 1802, eh. 5 Nov., 1802.
James, son of Edward and Grace Clarke, b. 23 Sept., 1802, rh. 5 Nov., 1802.
Mary, dau. of Peter and Mary Bishop, b. 16 June, 1800, rh. 5 Nov., 1802.
Ann, dau. of Peter and Mary Bishop, b. 26 July, 1802, ch. 5 Nov., 1802.
Wm., son of George and Mary Lapthorne, b. 11 Feb., 1798, ch. 5 Nov., 1802.
Robert, son of George and Mary Lapthorne, b. 11 Feb., 1798, rh. 5 Nov., 1802.
Maria, dau. of George and Mary Lapthorne, b. 7 May, 1801, ch. 5 Nov., 1802.
James, son of John and Elizabeth Tottle, b. 8 Oct., 1802, ch. 5 Nov., 1802.
Ann, dau. of John and Ann Hallett, b. 30 Aug., 1802, rh. 5 Nov., 1802.
James, son of William and Mary Thorne, b. 14 Jan., 1801, ch. 5 Nov., 1802.
Phillip, son of Phil, and Betty Parsons, b. 12 Aug., 1798, rh. 5 Nov., 1802.
Mary Ann, dau. of Phil, and Betty Parsons, b. 15 June, 1801, ch. 5 Nov., 1802.
Sarah, dau. of John and Jane Potter, b. 18 June, 1802, ch. 5 Nov., 1802.
John, son of John and Mary Cape, b. 29 March, 1800, rh. 5 Nov., 1802.
George, son of John and Mary Cape, b. 22 Nov., 1802, ch. 5 Dec, 1802.
Wm., son of Willm. and Ann Mogford, b. 16 May, 1802, ch. 5 Dec, 1802.
Thos., son of Wm. and Betty Pulsford, b. 11 Jan., 1803, rh. 20 March, 1804.
The following entries are signed by J. D. Maddon :
George, son of James and Ann Pulsford, b. 30 May, 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
John, son of John and Jane Potter, 6. 24 July, 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Hanh. Pyne, b. 24 Feb., 1797, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Rachel, dau. of Thomas and Hanh. Pyne, b. 15 Dec, 1787, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Thomas, son of Alexander and Martha Allen, b. 6 April, 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
James, son of James and Elizth. Clarke, b. 21 Sept., 1803, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Ann, dau. of John and Mary Baker, b. 6 April, 1803, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
John, son of Phillip and Elizh. Parsons, b. 20 May, 1803, rh. 21 Oct., 1804.
James, son of James and Elizh. Tucker, b. 6 Oct., 1802, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Ann, dau. of John and Susanna Frost, b. 28 Oct., 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804. 1
Henry, son of Edward and Mary Giles, b. 27 Jan., 1803, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Mary Holcombe Aricot, dau., b. 27 Dec, 1807, ch. 24 Feb., 1808. (Entry signed
by Philip Parsons.)
Hannah, dau. of John and Elizh. Baker, b. 1804. (Unsigned.)
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Ann Glass, b. 20 June, 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
John, son of John and Tacey Bennett, b. 12 March, 1803, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Martha, dau. of John and Dorothy Spiller, b. 30 March, 1801, ch. 21 Oct., 1S04.
Mary, dau. of John and Mary Tooze, b. 7 Feb., 1803, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Betsy, dau. of James and Mary Coram, b. 13 May, 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Mary, dau. of John and Mary How, />. -25 Sept., 1809, ch. 4 Feb., 1810. (Entry
signed by P. Parsons.)
Elizh., dau. of John and Dorothy Spiller, b. 11 Feb., 1803, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Joseph, son of Joshua and Sarah Wright, b. 18 Aug., 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Ann, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Perry, b. 14 Sept., 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804. (Signed
by Wm. Lewis.)
Abraham, son of Abraham and Ann Pyne, b. 29 Nov., 1803, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
1 These dates are evidently wrong although like this in the register.
410
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
Thomas, son of Philip and Betty Parsons, b. H Oct., 1807, ch. 19 Feb., 1809.
(Signed by Phil. Parsons.)
Hannah, dau. of Wm. and Mary Thorne, b. 2 June, 1804, ch. 21 Oct., 1804.
Jane, dau. of John and Elizh. Baker. (Unsigned.)
Tacey, dau. of John and Tacey Bennett, b. 22 Nov., 1800, eh. 21 Oct., 1804.
The following entries are signed by W. Lewis :
William, son of Wm. and Sarah Buller, b. 21 Aug., 1809,1 ch. 4 Aug., 1805.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Elizabeth Tucker, b. 30 Jan., 1805, ch. 4 Aug., 1805.
Henry, son of Phillip and Betty Parsons, b. 1 June, 1805, ch. 4 Aug., 1805.
James, son of Edward and Mary Giles, b. 4 March, 1805, ch. 1 Aug.. 1805.
Sarah, dau. of John and Mary Baker, 6. 12 May, 1805, ch. 4 Aug., 1805.
Samuel, son of John and Mary Allen, b. 21 April, 1803, ch. 4 Aug., 1805.
Robert, son of William and Mary Thorne, h. 4 Dec, 1804, ch. 22 Dec, 1805.
Hannah, dau. of Wm. and Sarah Buller, 6. 17 Nov., 1805, ch. 22 Dec, 1805.
Mary, dau. of Thomas and Sara Perry, b. 29 Sep., 1805, ch. 22 Dec, 1805.
The following entries are signed by William Bannisteb :
Ann, dau. of Abraham and Ann Pyne, b. 6 Jany., 1804, ch. 22 March, 1807.
Mary, dau. of Joshua and Sarah Wright, h. 25 Dec, 1806, ch. 22 March, 1807.
Ann, dau. of Samuel and Martha Fouracres, b. 18 Jan., 1807, ch. 22 March, 1807.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Betty Clarke, b. 30 July, 1805, ch. 22 March, 1807.
Ann, dau. of Jas. and Ann. Tooze, b. 4 Oct., 1806, ch. 22 March, 1807.
The following three entries signed by Richard Herdsman- :
James, son of James and Mary Curron [Coram], b. 1 April, 1810, ch. 3 June, 1810.
Mary, dau. of Benjn. and Ann Glass, 6. 3 April, 1810, ch. 3 June, 1810.
James, son of James and Mary Fackrell, b. 23 May. 1810, ch. 3 June, 1810.
The following entries signed by William Hlniburt :
Maria, dau. of Wm. and Elizabeth Pyne, b. 17 Jan., 1810, ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
Richard, son of Joshua and Sarah Wright, b. 31 May, 1809, ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
John, son of Jno. and Mary Holland, b. 25 Dec, 1809. ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
Saml., son of Samuel and Martha Fouracre, b. 18 Sept., 1809, ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
Wm., son of Jno. and Mary Twose, b. 12 Dec, 1806, ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
Henry, son of Jno. and Mary Twose, b. 3 Sept., 1806,:! ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
Thomas, son of Jno. and Mary Twose, A. 20 Nov., 1809, ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
Thomas, son of David and Sarah Winter, b. 10 Dec. 1809, ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
Rebekah, dau. of Wm. and Mary Roberts, b. 4 June, 180(i. ch. 20 Feb.. 1810.
Ann, dau. of Wm. and Mary Roberts, b. 21 Oct., 1808, ch. 20 Feb., 1810.
The following entries signed by Isaac Tozku4 :
Jas., son of Thomas and Mary Baker, b. 18 Oct., 1800, ch. 3 March, 1810.
Eliza, dau. of Thomas and Mary Baker, b. 3 Feb., 1803, oh. 3 March, 1810.
Wm., son of Thomas and Mary Baker, b. 25 Feb., 1806, ch. 3 March, 1810.
Emma, dau. of Jno. and Betty Baker, b. 22 Sept., 1806, ch. 3 March, 1810.
Thos. Bruford, son of Edward and Grace Clarke, b. 27 Nov., 1809, ch. 3 March, 1810.
Evidently wrong year. -Minister at South Petherton. s Probably wrong year: see
preceding entry. * Minister of Paul's Meeting, Taunton.
411
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
The following entries signed by Thomas Golden :
Richd., son of Robt. and Betty Furze, b. 19 Nov., 1808, ch. 19 Nov., 1810.
Ann Collard, dau. of Henry and Johanna Waldron, b. 9 Oct., 1810, ch. 19 Nov., 1810.
Mary, dau. of James and Sarah Twose, b. 7 July, 1810, ch. 19 Nov., 1810.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Mary Coram, b. 15 April, 1808, ch. 19 Nov., 1810.
Henry, son of Robt. and Jane Spiller, b. 3 Oct., 1810, ch. 19 Nov., 1810.
Wm., son of William and Jane Serrel, b. 31 May, 1810, ch. 19 Nov., 1810.
The following entries signed by Wm. Huniburt :
Jas., son of Jas. and Elizabeth Stradling, b. 26 Dec, 1811, ch. 20 Feb., 1811. 1
Robt., son of Jno. and Mary How, b. 25 Dec, 1810, ch. 20 Feb., 1811.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jno. and Mary Baker, b. 13 Nov., 1810, ch. 20 Feb., 1811.
The following entry signed by Philip Parsons :
Hannah, dau. of James and Jane Wescot, 6. 16 Aug., 1804, ch. 24 Sept., 1811.
The following entries signed by Joseph Buck2 :
Ann, dau. of James and Elizabth. Clarke, b. 3 April, 1811, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
Edward, son of James and Elizath. Clarke, b. 9 June, 1811, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
William, son of Isaac and Mary Pyne, b. 9 June, 1811, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
Hannah, dau. of David and Sarah Winter, 6. 12 Feb., 1811, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
Martha, dau. of William and Joan Davis, b. 6 Feb., 1811, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
Susannah, dau. of Abraham and Anne Pyne, b. 19 June, 1811, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
John, son of John and Ann Lang, 6. 25 April, 1811, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
William, son of Philip and Elizabeth Parsons, 6. 5 Sept., 1810, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
Eliza, dau. of William and Susanna Beardon, b. 8 June, 1811, ch. 25 Aug., 1811.
The following entries signed by Philip Parsons :
Mary, dau. of James and Elizabeth Lapthorne, b. 23 May, 1808, ch. 22 June, 1809.
Thos., son of Jno. and Mary Baker, b. 25 Jan., 1807, ch. 28 March, 1807.
Robt., son of Abraham and Ann Pyne, b. 3 June, 1808, ch. 18 Sept., 1811.
James, son of Robt. and Elizabeth Furze, b. 4 Dec, 1806, ch. 18 Sept., 1811.
Jno., son of Jno. and Hannah Lapthorne, b. 8 Aug., 1808, ch. 22 March, 1809.
Hanna, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 28 July, 1806, ch. 22 March, 1807.
Wm., son of James and Ann Golf, b. 6 Aug., 1806, ch. 22 March, 1807.
Sarah, dau. of Jno. and Mary Baker, b. 26 Dec, 1808, ch. 4 Feb., 1809.
Ann, dau. of Jno. and Elizabeth Gregory, 6. 17 June, 1807, ch. 27 May, 1808.
Jno., son of James and Betty Clarke, b. 23 Nov., 1807, ch. 14 Feb., 1808.
Anna, dau. of William and Sarah Buller, b. 17 Dec, 1807, ch. 14 Feb., 1808.
Thos., son of William and Joan Manley, 6. 14 Sept., 1806, ch. 14 Feb., 1807.
Susan, dau. of Royal and Betty Corran [i.e. Coram], b. 4 June, 1808, ch. 14 Feb., 1809.
Wm., son of Thos. and Ann Pring, b. 18 Nov., 1806, ch. 14 Feb., 1807.
Mary, dau. of Wm. and Mary Serle, b. 26 Feb., 1809, ch. 4 June, 1809.
Thos., son of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 10 March, 1808, ch. 4 June.
Wm., son of Wm! and , b. 6 Nov., 1808, ch. 29 Nov., 1809.
Robt. Potter, son of , b. 29 Dec, 1807, ch. 29 May, 1808.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jas. and Anstis Chadwell, b. 16 July, 1807, ch. 13 Dec, 1809.
1 These dates are wrong although as per register. - Minister of the Congregational
Church at Wiveliscombe.
412
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
Anstis, dau. of Jas. and Anstis Chadwell, b. 17 May, 1809, ch. 13 Dec, 1809.
Henry Valentine, son of Wm. and Susanna Beardon, b. 22 Dec, 1808, ch. 1.5 Feb.,
1809.
Sillina, dau. of Robt. and Hannah Spiller, b. 12 Jan., 1799, ch. 15 Feb., 1809.
Mary, dau. of Robt. and Hannah Spiller, 6. 25 May, 1801, ch. 15 Feb., 1809.
Joel, son of Robt. and Hannah Spiller, b. 11 Jan., 1804, ch. 15 Feb., 1809.
John, son of Robt. and Hannah Spiller, b. 30 July, 1806, ch. 15 Feb., 1809.
Robert, son of Jno. and Sarah Tucker, b. 22 June, 1805, ch. 22 Dec, 1805.
John, son of Jno. and Betty Greenslade, b. 5 May, 1812, ch. 8 Sept., 1812.
Elizabeth, dau. of Wm. and Elizabeth Bird, b. 15 April, 1804, ch. 8 Sept., 1812.
Sarah, dau. of Wm. and Elizabeth Bird, b. 14 June, 1812, ch. 8 Sept., 1812.
The following signed by John H. Cuff :
Anne, dau. of James and Sarah Towes [i.e. Twose], b. 24 Sept., 1812, ch. 16 May, 1813.
Ann, dau. of John and Sarah Pring, b. 23 Dec, 1811, ch. 16 May, 1813.
Elizabeth, son of Philip and Elizabeth Parsons, b. 2 Nov., 1812, ch. 16 May, 1813.
John, son of Isaac and Mary Pyne, b. 13 Mar., 1813, ch. 16 May, 1813.
Thomas, son of William and Jane Serle, b. 18 Dec, 1812, ch. 16 May, 1813.
Jane, dau. of John and Dorothy Holley, b. 30 May, 1808, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
Eliza, dau. of John and Dorothy Holley, b. 21 Feb., 1810, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
Sarah, dau. of John and Dorothy Holley, b. 3 July, 1812, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
Eliza, dau. of John and Elizabeth Tottell, b. 13 Mar., 1811, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
Elizabeth Forward, dau. of John and Elizabeth Tottell, b. 20 Feb., 1813, ch.
3 Oct., 1813.
Henry Walter, son of John and Harriet Sharland, b. 28 Dec, 1811, ch. 3 Oct.
1813.
Mary, dau. of James and Elizabeth Blackmore, b. 20 Mar., 1803, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
Ann, dau. of James and Elizabeth Blackmore, b. 18 Mar., 1806, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
Jane Ann, dau. of James and Sarah Fackrell, 6. 17 May, 1813, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
Ann, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth Furze, b. 18 May, 1812, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
John, son of David and Sarah Winter, b. 5 Aug., 1813, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
George, son of George and Mary Thorne, 6. 10 Aug., 1812, ch. 3 Oct., 1813.
Joanna, dau. of Henry and Joanna Waldron, b. 9 July, 1813, ch. 14 Nov., 1813.
Susan, dau. of John and Elizabeth Harvey, b. 27 Oct., 1812, ch. 14 Nov., 1813.
Harriet, dau. of Robt. and Maria Coleman, b. 2 Oct., 1813, ch. 14 Nov., 1813.
Sarah Syle, dau. of Edward and Grace Clarke, b. 14 Dec, 1813, ch. 5 Feb., 1814.
James, son of James and Mary How, b. 16 Oct., 1813, ch. 5 Feb., 1814.
Jane, dau. of Joseph and Ann Wood, b. 18 Feb., 1810, ch. 5 Feb., 1814.
Jane, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 17 June, 1812, ch. 1 May, 1814.
William, son of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 22 Dec, 1812, ch. 1 May, 1814.
Elizabeth, dau. of Henry and Mary Simes, b. 16 Dec, 1813, ch. 1 May, 1814.
Martha, dau. of Abraham and Ann Pyne, b. 12 Feb., 1814, ch. 1 May, 1814.
Hannah, dau. of George and Mary Thorne, b. 4 Feb., 1814, ch. I May, 1814.
Sarah Pyne, dau. of William and Sarah Buller, b. 18 Dec, 1813, ch. 1 May, 1814.
James, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Long, b. 6 March, 1814, ch. 1 May, 1814.
Mary, dau of Oliver and Sarah Cloade, b. 20 Nov., 1806, ch. 12 June, 1814.
Elizabeth, dau. of Oliver and Sarah Cloade, b. 7 May, 1810, ch. 12 June, 1814.
Susan, dau. of Oliver and Sarah Cloade, b. 23 May, 1814, ch. 12 June, 1814.
Mary, dau. of John and Lydia Pulsford, b. 31 Aug., 1808, eh. 12 June, 1814.
Henry, son of James and Elizh. Clarke, b. 15 May, 1814, ch. 12 June, 1814.
413
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
John, son of Thomas and Ann Chappel, b. 1 April, 1S14, ch. 24 July, 1814.
William, son of Parnassas and Joan Boit, b. 3 April, 1804, ch. 24 July, 1814.
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizh. Wide, b. 8 Dec., 1813, ch. 12 June, 1814.
John, son of John and Elizh. Wide, b. 21 Jan., 1811, ch. 12 June, 1814.
Sarah Downing, dau. of Joshua Harcombe and Martha Stark Cuff, b, 7 June,
1814, ch. 16 Aug., 1814.
Sarah, dau. of James and Mary Coram, b. 19 June, 1814, ch. 24 July, 1814.
Henry, son of Robt. and Hannah Spiller, 6. 2.3 Mar., 1814, ch. 12 June, 1814.
John, son of John and Mary Wood, b. 21 Nov., 1811, ch. 2 Oct., 1814.
William Parsons, son of Thomas and Mary Cockram, b. 20 Aug., 1814, ch. 2 Oct.,
1814.
Elizabeth, dau. of William and Elizabeth Pulsford, b. 18 Oct., 1814, ch. 13 Nov.,
1814.
William, son of Saral. and Betty Winter, b. 30 Sept., 1811, ch. 13 Nov., 1814.
Ann, dau. of John and Sarah Yandel, b. 19 Feb., 1814, ch. 13 Nov., 1814.
William, son of William and Lydia Hardy, b. 14 Sept., 1815, ch. 13 Nov., 1814. 1
John Coles, son of Elizabeth and Richd. Maderick, b. 2 July, 181 4, ch. 24 July, 1811,
Henry Carrow, son of Wm. and Sarah Carrow, b. 9 Nov., 1814, ch. 8 Jany., 1815.
Thos., son of Joshua and Sarah Wright, b. 27 June, 1813, ch. 8 Jany., 1815.
Eliza, dau. of John and Sarah Pring, b. 25 Nov., 1814, ch. 5 Feb., 1815.
William, son of Robt. and Margt. Brown, b. 21 Feb., 1815, ch. 26 Mar., 1815.
James, son of James and Sarah Towse, b. 3 Jan., 1815, ch. 30 April, 1815.
Robt, son of Robert and Elizabeth Furze, b. 15 Dec, 1814, ch. 3 Sept., 1815.
Sarah, dau. of John and Hannah Lapthorne, b. 11 June, 1815, ch. 3 Sept., 1815.
William, son of David and Sarah Winter, b. 17 Aug., 1815, ch. 3 Dec, 1815.
James, son of Saml. and Martha Fouracve, b. 3 Dec, 1815, ch. 18 Feb., 1816.
Elizabeth, dau. of William and Jane Serle, b. 17 Dec, 1815, ch. 18 Feb., 1816.
Jane, dau. of Philip and Betty Parsons, b. 2 Sept., 1815, ch. 18 Feb., 1816.
Mary, dau. of William and Sarah Bullar, b. 9 Jan., 1816, ch. 18 Feb., 1816.
Daniel, son of Thomas and Ann Glass, b. 21 Nov., 1809, ch. 18 Feb., 1816.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Ann Glass, b. 3 Jan., 1813, ch. 4 March, 1816.
James, son of Thomas and Ann Glass, b. 24 July, 1815, ch. 18 Feb., 1816.
Robert, son of William and Elizabeth Bird, b. 17 July, 1815, ch. 12 May, 1816.
Charles, son of John and Sarah Roost, b. 1 Feb., 1816, ch. 12 May, 1816.
Nicholas, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Tucker, b. 20 Feb., 1816, ch. 12 May, 1816.
Willm. Syle, son of Thos. and Ann Marshall, b. 18 April, 1815, ch. 12 May, 1816.
Sarah, dau. of Isaac and Mary Pyne, b. 14 Dec, 1815, ch. 12 May, 1816.
William Collard, son of Henry and Joanna Waldron, b. 10 July, 1809.
Maria, dau. of Henry ;ind Joanna Waldron, b. 29 Jan., 1812.
Sarah, dau. of Henry and Joanna Waldron, b. 25 Dec, 1814.
Henry, son of Henry and Joanna Waldron, b. 8 April, 1816, ch. 12 May, 1816.
Hannah, dau. of William and Elizth. Pulsford, b. 4 March, 1816, ch. 12 May,
1816.
Maria, dau. of William and Betty Pyne, b. 10 May, 1816, ch. 30 June, 1816.
Sarah, dau. of James and Jane Yolland, b. 15 Nov., 1815, ch. 30 June, 1816.
John, son of John and Elizabeth Harvey, b. 16 Nov., 1815.
Ann, dau. of John and Hannah Gillard, b. 12 July, 1816, ch. 4 Aug., 1816.
Betsy, dau. of Robt. and Jane Spiller, b. 30 March, 1816, ch. 30 June, 1816.
Ann, dau. of James and Mary Coram, b, 28 Aug., 1816, ch. 15 Sept., 1»16.
1 Wrong dates in register.
414
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
Hope, dau. of John arid Mary Cape, b. 9 March, 1816, ch. 15 Sept., 1816.
John, son of John and Mary Cape, b. 29 March, 1801.
George, son of John and Mary Cape, h. 22 Nov., 1802.
Maria, dau. of John and Mary Cape, b. 26 June, 1806. These names were given
Elisha, son of John and Mary Cape, b. 22 Nov., 1809. V sept^lS?^1* FathCI 15
Benjamin, son of John and Mary Cape, b. 23 Nov., 1811. John H. Cuvi
Aron, son of John and Mary Cape, b. 27 Aug., 1813.
William, son of Joshua and Sarah Wright, b. 27 July, 1815, ch. 15 Sept., 1816.
Hannah, dau. of James and Ann Pyne, b. 7 Aug., 1816, ch. 27 Oct., 1816.
William, son of Oliver and Sarah Cloade, b. 27 Sept., 1816, eh. 19 Jan., 1817.
James, son of William and Sarah Gonson [Johnson], b. 19 Jan., 1816.
William Symmond, son of James and Betty Ciarke, b. 4 Sept., 1816, ch. 19 Jan., 1817.
John, son of Thomas and Ann Webber, b. 24 July, 1816, ch. 6 July, 1817.
Sarah, dau. of William and Sarah Carrow, b. 17 June, 1817, ch. 6 July, 1817.
John, son of Robert and Mary Russell, b. 22 April, 1817, ch. 6 July, 1817.
Frederick, son of John and Harriet Sharland, b. 16 May, 1817, eh. 27 Sept., 1817.
Mary Ann, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth Bridge, b. 28 March, 1816, eh. 28 Dec,
1817.
Sarah, dau. of George and Mary Thorne, b. 3 Oct., 1817, ch. 28 Dec, 1817.
Maria, dau. of Joanna and Henry Waldrone, b. 30 Jan., 1818, ch. 8 March, 1818.
Jane, dau. of Joseph and Honor Chorley, 6. 4 May, 1814, ch. 26 April, 1818.
Henry, son of Joseph and Honor Chorley, b. 6 May, 1817, ch. 26 April, 1818.
William, son of Thomas and Amelia Ebdens, b. 28 Jan., 1806, ch. 26 April, 1818.
John, son of Thomas and Amelia Ebdens, b. 25 Nov., 1808, ch. 26 April, 1818.
Mary, dau. of Thomas and Amelia Ebdens, />. 6 April, 1813, eh. 26 April, 1818.
John Harcombe, son of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 16 April, 1818, ch.
17 May, 1818.
Mary, dau. of David and Sarah Winter, b. 17 Nov., 1817, ch. , 1818.
Sarah, dau. of John and Mary How, b. 20 March, 1817, ch. 24 May, 1818.
John, son of John and Mary How, 6. 24 June, 1815.
Charles, son of William and Elizabeth Pyne, 6. 28 Dec, 1817, ch. 26 July, 1818.
John, son of John and Hannah Gillard, b. 31 May, 1818, ch. 26 July, 1818.
Jane, dau. of John and Hannah Lapthorne, b. 6 Dec, 1817, ch. 26 July, 1818.
Mary Ann, dau. of Robert and Margt. Brown, b. 15 Sept., 1818, ch. 4 Oct., 1818.
Ann, dau. of Thomas and Ann Marshall, b. 3 Nov., 1817, eh. 18 Oct., 1818.
Thomas, son of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 10 March, 1808.
Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Glass, 6. 3 April, 1810.
Jane, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 17 June, 1812.
William, son of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 22 Dec, 1813.
Ann, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 3 Dec , 1815.
John, son of Benjamin and Ann Glass, /). 28 April, 1818.
Abraham, son of William and Joan Jenkins, ch. 26 Jan., 1819. (An adult.)
John, son of James and Sarah Turner, 6. 9 Dec, 1818, ch. 7 Feb., 1819.
William Collard, son of Wm. Collard and Anna Pyne, b. 13 Jan., 1819, ch. 7 Feb.,
1819.
Sarah, dau. of William and Ann Slade, b. 28 May, 1814, ch. 7 Feb., 1819.
Robert, son of John and Mary How, 6. 25 Dec, 1801.
Mary Ann, dau. of John and Mary How, b. 26 Sept., 1809.
William, son of John and Elizabeth Tottle (junior, her maiden name Bennett),
b, 3 March, 1819, ch. 3 April, 1819.
415
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Ann, dau. of Abraham and Sarah Jenkins, b. 24 Feb., 1807.
Eliza, dau. of Abraham and Sarah Jenkins, b. 17 Nov., 1811.
Mary, dau. of Abraham and Sarah Jenkins, b. 29 July, 1818.
Samuel, son of James and Mary Coram, b. 29 July, 1819, ch. 24 Oct., 1819.
Richard Parminter, son of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 4 Sept., 1819,
ch. 24 Oct., 1819.
George, son of William and Elizabeth Veals, />. 14 Oct., 1816, ch. 24 Oct., 1819.
Betsy, dau. of Ann and James Pyne, b. 31 Dec, 1819, ch. 23 Jan., 1820.
Mary, dau. of Joshua and Sarah Wright, b. 21 June, 1819, eh. 27 Feb., 1820.
Robt. Mead, son of James and Betty Clarke, b. 18 Nov., 1819, eh. 9 April, 1820.
Jane. dau. of William and Elizth. Pulsford, b. 16 Feb., 1820, ch. 9 April, 1820.
Henry, son of William and Jane Searle, b. 3 Dec, 1819, ch. 9 April, 1820.
Mary Ann, dau. of Robt. and Mary Blackmore, b. 19 Feb., 1820, ch. 30 April, 1820.
Jane, dau. of Thomas and Amelia Ebden, b. 23 Feb., 1820, ch. 21 May, 1820.
John, son of John and Hannah Gillerd, b. 4 May, 1820, ch. 21 May, 1820.
Clement, son of Joanna and Henry Waldron, b. 7 Jan., 1820, ch. 21 May, 1820.
Mary, dau. of William and Elizth. Pulsford, b. 14 Jan., 1818.
John, son of William and Sarah Clarke, b. 12 Jan., 1818.
William, son of Joseph and Mary Wood, b. 14 May, 1815, ch. 6 May, 1821.
William, son of John and Elizabeth Havery [i.e. Harvey], b. 5 Sept., 1818, ch.
20 Aug., 1820.
James, son of James and Elizth. Jenkins, b. 2 Mar., 1820, ch. 20 Aug., 1820.
John, son of John and Mary Fouracre, b. 18 Dec, 1819, ch. 20 Aug., 1820.
Henry Hall Palmer, son of Isaac and Mary Pyne, />. 12 Feb., 1820, ch. 20 Aug., 1820.
Henry, son of Thomas and Sarah Pyne, b. 7 June, 1809, ch. 8 Oct., 1820.
William, son of Thomas and Sarah Pyne, b. 25 April, 1815, ch. 8 Oct., 1820.
John, son of Thomas and Sarah Pyne, b. 8 Aug., 1818, ch. 8 Oct., 1820.
Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Pyne, b. 13 Sept., 1820, ch. 8 Oct., 1820.
Mary Ann, dau. of John and Dorothy Holley, b. Oct., 1814.
Hannah, dau. of John and Dorothy Holley, b. 1 March, 1820, ch. 20 Aug., 1820.
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Hannah Lapthorne, b. 31 May, 1820, ch. 31 Dec, 1820.
William, son of William and Sarah Clarke, b. 17 Sept., 1819, ch. 31 Dec, 1820.
Robt. Cade, son of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 7 April, 1821, ch. 6 May, 1821.
David, son of David and Sarah Winter, b. 13 March, 1821, ch. 6 May, 1821.
Elizabeth, dau. of Elizath. and William Pyne, />. Oct. 16th, 1820, ch. 6 May, 1821.
Grace, dau. of John and Mary Cape, b. 24 March, 1818, ch. 24 June, 1821.
William, son of John and Mary Cape, b. 12 Dec, 1820, ch. 24 June, 1821.
David, son of David and Ann Tottle, b. 18 May, 1821, ch. 24 June, 1821.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Ann Cates, b. 15 Jan., 1820, ch. 24 June, 1821.
Elizabeth, dau. of William and Jane Rogers, b. 12 Mar., 1821, ch. 24 June, 1821.
Betty, dau. of John and Mary How, b. 15 Jan., 1819, ch. 24 June, 1821.
Jane, dau. of John and Mary How, parish of Cadbury, do. Devon, b. 20 Feb., 1821,
ch. 13 Aug., 1821.
Ann, dau. of Joshua and Sarah Wright, b. 18 June, 1821, ch. 23 Sept., 1821.
John, son of William and Sarah Carrow, b. 2 Feb., 1820, ch. 23 Sept., 1821.
Ann, dau. of Philip and Betty Parsons, b. 4 Aug., 1818, ch. 23 Sept., 1821.
Robert, son of Philip and Betty Parsons, b. 4 Sept., 1821, ch. 23 Sept., 1821.
Anna, dau. of Robert and Mary Blackmore, b. 6 Aug., 1821, ch. 23 Sept., 1821.
Maria, dau. of William and Ann Glass, b. 30 June, 1816, ch. 23 Sept., 1821.
William, son of Robt. and Margt. Brown, 28 Oct., 1821, ch. 18 Nov., 1821.
416
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
John Collard, son of William Collard and Anna Pyne, b. 16 Dec, 1821, died
March, 1822.
Hannah, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 25 Oct., 1820.
Henry, son of James and Ann Pyne, b. 2 Jan., 1822, ch. 20 Jan., 1822.
Henry, son of George and Mary Thorne, b. 10 March, 1820, ch. 27 Jan., 1822.
James, son of George and Mary Thorne, b. 8 Jan., 1822, ch. 27 Jan., 1822.
Robert, son of John and Elizabeth Harvey, b. 11 Sept., 1821, ch. 27 Jan., 1822.
Mary Ann, dau. of William and Ann Pyne, b. 9 Jan., 1822, ch. 27 Jan., 1822.
John, son of Richard and Betty Madrick, b. 14 Sept., 1821, ch. 27 Jan., 1822.
Margaret Eveleigh, dau. of Henry and Jane Perry, b. 27 Sept., 1821, ch. 14 July,
1822.
Henry, son of John and Sarah Southey, b. 29 Sept., 1821, ch. 14 July, 1822.
Martha, dau. of James and Mary Coram, b. 3 May, 1822, ch. 14 July, 1822.
Ann, dau. of William and Elizth. Pulsford, b. 28 Jan., 1822, ch. 14 July, 1822.
John, son of Henry and Mary Hardy, b. 10 Feb., 1822, ch. 14 July, 1822.
Charles, son of Henry and Mary Hardy, b. 4 May, 1820.
Mary, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Pyne, b. 20 Oct., 1821.
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Mary Bragg, b. 22 April, 1821, ch. 29 Sept., 18-22.
Amos, son of John and Mary Fouracre, b. 4 Sept., 1822, ch. 29 Sept., 1822.
Philip, son of John and Mary Fouracre, b. 4 Sept., 1822, ch. 29 Sept., 1822.
George, son of John and Sarah Roast [Roost] of parish of West Buckland,
b. 26 March, 1818, ch. 1 Dec, 1822.
James, son of John and Sarah Roast of parish of West Buckland, b. Oct. 28, 1820,
ch. 1 Dec, 1822.
Downing Hosch, son of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 28 Oct., 1822, ch.
1 Dec, 1822.
Mary Ann, dau. of Nicholas and Elizabeth Tucker, b. 18 Aug., 1822, ch. 1 Dec, 1822.
Jemima, dau. of Robert and Jane Spiller, b. 20 April, 1822, ch. 1 Dec, 1822.
Sally, dau. of Robert and Jane Spiller, b. 28 Sept., 1818.
James, son of James and Ann Fry, b. 2 Sept., 1822, ch. 1 Dec, 1822.
Thomas, son of David and Ann Tottle, b. 13 March, 1823, ch. 4 May, 1823.
James, son of George and Mary Thorne, 6. 19 April, 1823, ch. 4 May, 1823.
Betty, dau. of James and Betty Jenkins, b. 26 Nov., 1822, ch. 4 May, 1823.
Mary Collard, dau. of William Collard and Anna Pyne, b. 9 April, 1823, ch. 4 May,
1823.
Charles, son of David and Sarah Winter, b. 25 May, 1823, ch. 22 June, 1823.
James, son of William and Jane Rogers, 6. 28 March, 1823, ch. 22 June, 1823.
James, son of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 5 Feb., 1823, ch. 22 June, 1823.
Jane, dau. of Abraham and Ann Pyne, b. 13 Dec, 1818, ch. , 1819.
Elijah, son of William and Joan Jenkins, ch. 11 July, 1823. (An adult.)
Mary Ann, dau. of Joshua and Sarah Wright, b. 12 Jan., 1823, ch. 3 Aug., 1823.
James, son of Henry and Jane Perry, b. 16 Feb., 1823, ch. 3 Aug., 1823.
Henry, son of James and Ann Pyne, b. 28 Aug., 1823, ch. 14 Sept., 1823.
Mary, dau. of John and Hannah Lovell, b. 31 Aug., 1823, ch. 14 Sept., 1823.
James, son of Robert and Mary Blackmore, b. 28 Aug., 1823, ch. 9 Nov., 1823.
Philip, son of John and Hannah Lapthorne, b. 31 Nov., 1822, ch. 4 May, 1823.
Mary, dau. of John and Sarah Roost of West Buckland, b. 11 May, 1823, ch.
9 Nov., 1823.
Caroline, son of William and Ann Pyne, b. 8 Feb., 1824, ch. 29 Feb., 1824.
Harriet, dau. of John and Mary How, b. 14 April, 1824, ch. 16 May, 1824.
417
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Charlotte, dau. of John and Mary How of Cadbury co. Devon, b. 11 July, 1822,
ch. 13 June, 1824.
Elizabeth Downing, dau. of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 21 May, 1824,
ch. 21 June, 1824.
John, son of William and Elizabeth Pulsford, b. 5 June, 1824, ch. 27 June, 1824.
Ann, dau. of David and Ann Tottle, b. 26 Oct., 1821, ch. 26 Dec, 1824.
John, son of William and Elizth. Thorne, b. 8 Dec, 1824, ch. 26 Dec, 1824.
John, son of John and Ann Bennett, b. 26 Sept., 1824, ch. 26 Dec, 1824.
Emma Joan, dau. of Thomas and Eliza Richards, of Milverton co. Somerset,
b. 27 Jan., 1825, ch. 20 Feb., 1825.
John, son of Robert and Margaret Brown, b. 18 Feb., 1825, ch. 13 March, 1825.
Nicholas, son of Nicholas and Betty Tucker, I>. 21 Dec, 1824, ch. 20 March, 1825.
Elizabeth, dau. of William and Elizabeth Powell, of Rockwell-green, in Wellington,
b. 5 Dec, 1824, ch. 20 March, 1825.
Betsy, dau. of James and Ann Giles, b. 27 April, 1823, ch. 27 June, 1824.
Anna, dau. of William Collard and Anna Pyne, b. 8 June, 1825, ch. 3 July, 1825.
Charles, son of John and Harriot Sharland, />. 7 June, 1825, ch. 3 July, 1 S2.>.
Charles, son of James and Ann Fry, />. 31 May, 1825, ch. 3 July, 1825.
Charles, son of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 28 March, 1825, ch. 3 July, 1825.
James, son of David and Sarah Winter, b. 30 June, 1825, ch. 4 Sept., 1825.
Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah Roost of West Buckland, l>. 5 June, 1825, ch.
4 Sept., 1825.
Robert, son of John and Hannah Lovell, b. 17 Aug., 1825, ch. 4 Sept., 1825.
Eliza, dau. of William and Hannah Gregory, b. 20 March, 1825, eh. 4 Sept., 1825.
Joseph, son of Joseph and Susan Pyne, b. 4 March, 1826, ch. 28 May, 1826.
Eliza, dau. of Thomas and Susan Penny, b. 27 April, 1826, ch. 28 May, 1826.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Mary Fouracre, b. 26 July, 1825, ch. 28 May, 1826.
Christopher, son of William and Sarah Clarke, b. 25 Mar., 1826, ch. 28 May, 1826.
Willm. Hosch, son of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 14 Aug., 1826, oh.
17 Sept., 1826.
Alfred, son of Andrew and Elizabeth Cosins, b. 16 May, 1826, ch. 17 Sept., 1826.
Hannah, dau. of James and Hannah Jiles [Giles], b. 8 Aug., 1826, ch. 17 Sept., 1826.
Edward, son of Thomas and Ann Marshall, b. 9 Sept., 1820, ch. 17 Sept., 1826.
Jane, dau. of Thomas and Ann Marshall, b. 16 Aug., 1824, ch. 17 Sept., 1826.
Mary, dau. of John and Elizabeth Harvey, b. 16 Jan., 1826, ch. 17 Sept., 1826.
Jane Ann, dau. of James and Anstice Chadwell, b. 3 June, 1806, ch. 30 Mar., 1827.
Joseph John, son of William Collard and Anna Pyne, b. 27 April, 1827, ch. 27 May,
1827.
Robert, son of Thomas and Amelia Ebden, b. 23 Jan., 1823, ch. 21 May, 1827.
Joseph, son of Thomas and Amelia Ebden, l>. 26 May, 1826, ch. 21 May, 1827.
Robert, son of John and Sarah Chappell, (>. 7 Dec, 1826, eh. 21 May, 1827.
Mary, dau. of William and Ann Crocker, b. 6 Nov., 1816, ch. 21 May, 1827.
William, son of William and Ann Crocker, b. 29 Sept., 1819, ch. 21 May, 1827.
Samuel, son of William and Ann Crocker, b. 22 June, 1^22, ch. 21 May, 1827.
Elizabeth, dau. of William and Ann Crocker, b. 26 Dec, 1825, ch. 21 May, 1827.
James, son of David and Sarah Winter, b. 8 Mar., 1827, ch. 21 May, 1827.
Jane, dau. of William and Elizabeth Powell, b. 6 Oct., 1826, oh. 21 May, 1827.
Ann, dau. of John and Rebekah Hatchings, b. 17 Mar., 1826, eh. 21 May, 1827.
Alfred, son of James and Sarah Turner, b. 21 May, 1822, ch. 27 May, 1827
Eliza, dau. of Thomas and Eliza Richards, />. 28 Oct., 1826, eh, 27 May, 1827.
418
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
Samuel, son of Robert and Margarett Brown, 6. 5 Oct., 1827, ch. 4 Nov., 18-27.
John, son of John and Sarah Roost, b. 22 Aug., 1827, ch. 23 Dec., 1827.
John, son of Henry and Jane Perry, b. 27 Sept., 1825, ch. 23 Dec, 1827.
Caroline, dau. of David and Ann fottle, b. 22 Sept., 1827, ch. Dec, 1827.
Betsy, dau. of Nicholas and Betsy Tucker, b. 12 Aug., 1827, ch. 23 Dec, 1827.
Elizabeth, dau. of William and Ann Pyne, b. 19 Feb., 1827, ch. 23 Dec, 1827.
Mary, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Tottle, b. 24 Nov., 1827, ch. 23 Dec, 1827.
Thomas Jarman, son of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 18 May, 1828, ch.
22 June, 1828.
Anna Furze, dau. of John and Anna Baker, b. 6 May, 1828, ch 22 June, 1828.
Ann, dau. of Joseph and Susan Pyne, b. 29 Feb., 1828, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Sarah Holley, b. 12 Nov., 1827, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Mary, dau. of George and Elizabeth Thorne, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Robert, son of George and Elizabeth Thorne, b. 17 July, 1825, ch. 22 June, 1828.
George, son of George and Elizabeth Thorne, b. 13 Feb., 1H28, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Frederick, son of William and Mary Ann Blackmore, b. 30 June, 1826, ch. 22 June,
1828.
Mary, dau. of David and Sarah Stradling, b. 22 Feb., 1817, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Thomas, son of David and Sarah Stradling, b. 14 Feb., 1819, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Ann, dau. of David and Sarah Stradling, b. 20 June, 1821, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Elizabeth, dau. of David and Sarah Stradling, b. 14 Aug., 1823, ch. 22 June, 1838.
Solomon, son of David and Sarah Stradling, b. 1 Jan., 1820, ch. 22 June, 1828.
David, son of David and Sarah Stradling, b. 8 Mar., 1828, ch. 22 June, 1828.
William, son of James and Ann Giles, b. 2 May, 1828, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Sarah, dau. of William and Ann Goff, b. 4 Jan., 1828, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Susannah, dau. of John and Hannah Lapthorne, b. 21 Mar., 182.3, i/i. 22 June,
1828.
Mary, dau. of John and Hannah Lapthorne, b. 6 Feb., 1828, eh. 22 June, 1*28.
Mary, dau. of John and Elizabeth Fry, b. 12 Mar., 1828, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Sarah, dau. of Henry and Mary Hardy, b. 4 Aug., 1827, eh. 22 June, 1828.
Elizabeth, dau. of George and Ann Brown, b. 12 Apr., 182K, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Mary Ann, dau. of John and Jane Timewell, b. 25 Mar., 1*20, cK 22 June, 1828.
James, son of William and Sarah Johnson, b. 19 Jan., 1816.
William, son of William and Sarah Johnson, b. 21 Oct., 1819, eh. 22 June, 1888.
John, son of William and Sarah Johnson, b. 5 Jan., 1821.
Susannah, dau. of William and Sarah Johnson, b. 27 Mar., 1823b
Samuel, son of William and Sarah Johnson, b. 19 June, 1825, ch. 22 June, 1828.
Eliza, dau. of William and Sarah Johnson, b. 14 Sept., 1827, eh. 22 June, 1828.
Thomas, son of John and Betty Glass, />. 30 Sept., 1825, eh. 3 Aug., 1828.
Hannah, dau. of John and Betty Glass, b. 15 July, 1828, ch. 3 Aug., 1828.
James, son of John and Betty Gold, b. 29 June, 1828, ch. 20 July, 1828.
Emily Anstice, dau. of Thomas and Jane Ann Bury, b. 21 June, 1828, ch. 7 Sept.,
1828.
Jane Ann, dau. of William and Eliza Richards, born at Milverton, b. 13 Nov.,
1828, ch. 14 Dec, 1828.
Thomas, son of Uriah and Mary Slade, b. 14 Jan., 1829, ch. 15 Feb., 1829.
Harriot, dau. of John and Elizabeth Blackmore, b. 7 Feb.. 1829, ch. 22 Feb.,
1829.
Mary Downing Russell, dau. of Robert and Mary Ann Scott, b. 18 Jan., 1823,
ch. 3 June, 1829,
419
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Ann Sophia Russell, dau. of Robert and Mary Ann Scott, b. 17 July, 1828, ch.
3 June, 1829.
Clement, son of James and Edith Waldron, b. at Wiveliscombe, 19 March, 1826,
ch. 8 July, 1829.
Anna Lean, dau. of Henry and Joanna Waldron, b. 21 Dec, 1821, ch. 8 July,1829.
John Speed, son of Henry and Joanna Waldron, b. 11 June, 1825, ch. 8 July, 1829.
Joan Speed, dau. of Henry and Joanna Waldron, b. 1 Feb., 1828, ch. 8 July, 1829.
Betty, dau. of John and Hannah Lovell, b. 30 June, 1829, ch. 12 July, 1829.
Hannah, dau. of Henry and Jane Perry, b. 1 Aug., 1828, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Allen, b. 25 July, 1828, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
John, son of William and Ann Pyne, b. 8 March, 1829, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
Eliza, dau. of William and Elizabeth Powell, 6. 28 Oct., 1828, ch. 16 Aug., 182!).
Susan, dau. of Thomas and Anne Lane, b. 5 Oct., 1828, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
Eli, son of John and Mary Fouracre, b. 10 Aug., 1828, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Harvey, b. 23 Dec, 1828, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
Sarah, dau. of Babbage, b. 30 Nov., 1819, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
Sarah, dau. of David and Sarah Winter, b. 14 April, 1829, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
Rebekah, dau. of John and Rebekah Hutchings, b. 25 July, 1829, ch. 16 Aug., 1829.
Betsy, dau. of John and Ann Clarke, b. 23 Oct., 1829, ch. 15 Nov., 1829.
Susan, dau. of William and Elizabeth Pulsford, b. 20 Aug., 1829, ch. 1 Jan., 1830.
Susan, dau. of John and Mary Stevens, b. 3 March, 1830, ch. 21 March, 1830.
Sarah Hosch, dau. of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, 6. 21 March, 1830, ch.
26 April, 1830.
John, son of John and Elizabeth Saturley, b. 8 Oct., 1829, ch. 26 April, 1830.
Jane, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Tottle, b. 17 Dec, 1829, ch. 26 April, 1830.
Selina, dau. of David and Sarah Stradling, b. 4 January, 1830, ch. 26 April, 1830.
Caroline, dau. of Andrew and Elizabeth Cosens, b. 10 January, 1830, ch. 26 April,
1830.
John Hallett, son of John and Margarett Woodrow, b. 24 Nov., 1829, ch. 26 April,
1830.
George Brice, son of Elijah and Jane Jenkins, b. 16 March, 1830, ch. 26 April, 1830.
Mary, dau. of John and Mary Fouracre, b. 8 June, 1830, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.
Mary Ann, dau. of Henry and Jane Perry, b. 10 June, 1830, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.
Mary Ann, dau. of William and Melenor Glass, b. 15 Dec, 1827, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.
Eliza., dau. of William and Melenor Glass, 28 April, 1830, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.
William Mogford, son of Joseph and Susan Pyne, b. 1 Aug., 1830, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.^
Joseph Payne, son of Thomas and Mary Ann Allen, b. 10 July, 1830, ch. 29 Aug.,
1830.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Mary Tucker, b. 23 June, 1830, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.
John, son of Thomas and Eliza Richards, b. 17 April, 1830, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.
James, son of Samuel and Maria Woodrow, b. 25 April, 1830, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.
John Edford, son of John and Elizabeth Harcombe, b. 20 July, 1830, ch. 29 Aug.,
1830.
Joseph, son of John and Sarah Roost, b. 24 April, 1830, ch. 29 Aug., 1830.
Thomas, son of James and Mary Clarke, b. 14 Feb., 1831, ch. 27 Feb., 1831.
James Chadwell, son of Thomas and Jane Ann Bury, b. 9 Jan., 1831, ch. 10 April,
1831.
Emma, dau. of John and Elizabeth Blackmore, b. 23 Jan., 1831, ch. 19 June, 1831.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Ann Wescott, b. 3 Jan. ,1829, ch. 19 June, 1831.
Anna, dau. of Thomas and Ann Wescott, b. 8 Feb., 1831, ch. 19 June, 1831,
420
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
Mary Powell, dau. of John and Hannah Tottle, b. 12 Feb., 1831, ch. 1!) June, 18.31.
Eliza, dau. of John and Jane Richards, b. 11 Nov., J830, eh. 19 June, 1831.
Alfred, son of William and Sarah Johnson, b. 17 Dec, 1830, ch. 19 June, 183J.
Sarah, dau. of James and Sarah Selwood, b. 8 Jan., 1831, ch. 19 June, 1831.
Thomas, son of William and Betty Powell, b. 14 Sept., 1830, ch. 19 June, 1831.
James, son of George and Ann Brown, 6. 11 March, 1831, ch. 19 June, 1831.
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Fry, b. 24 April, 1831, ch. 19 June, 1831.
Robert, son of Robert and Mary Pyne, b. 15 June, 1831, ch. 3 July, 1831.
Mary Ann, dau. of Mary and Uriah Slade, (>. 22 Dec, 1830, ch. 3 July, 1831.
John, son of William and Maria Goff, b. 24 July, 1831, ch. 7 Aug., 1831.
Caroline, dau. of Sarah and David Stradling, b. 9 Feb., 1832, ch. 11 March, 1832.
John Lane, son of James and Hannah Veals, h. 10 Feb., 1832, ch. 11 March, 1832.
Mary Ann, dau. of John and Jane Veals, b. 29 Sept., 1831, ch. 11 March, 1832.
John, son of James and Betty Hill, b. 19 Aug., 1831, ch. 11 March, 1832.
Mary Ann, dau. of John and Ann Clarke, b. 16 Jan., 1832, ch. 11 March, 1832.
Samuel, son of David and Sarah Winter, b. 3 Dec, 1831, ch. 11 March, 1832.
Eliza, dau. of David and Ann Tottle, b. 30 May, 1831, ch. 11 March, 1832.
John Alexander, son of James and Harriot Stradling, b. 22 Feb., 1832, ch.
11 March, 1832.
William, son of Thomas and Mary Pulsford, b. 2 April, 1829.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Pulsford, b. 19 June, 1831, ch. 23 Sept., 1832.
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Eliza Edwards, b. 23 Feb., 1832, ch. 23 Sept., 1832.
Eliza, dau. of Samuel and Jane Knight, b. 28 March, 1832, ch. 23 Sept., 1832.
Charlotte, dau. of Thomas and Charlotte Bullar, b. 25 Aug., 1832, ch. 23 Sept., 1832.
Charles Thomas, son of John and Harriot Cross, b. 1 April, 1832, ch. 23 Sept., 1832.
Mary Ann, dau. of James and Ann Temple, b. 6 Sept., 1832, ch. 23 Sept., 1832.
Jane Symmonds, dau. of John and Elizabeth Harcombe, b. 3 Aug., 1832, ch.
23 Sept., 1832.
Mary, dau. of John and Mary Fouracre, 6. 31 May, 1832, ch. 23 Sept., 1832.
Margarett Harris, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth Brown, b. 11 Oct., 1832, eh.
18 Nov., 1832.
Thirza Baker, dau. of Joseph and Susan Pyne, b. 16 Oct., 1832, ch. 18 Nov., 1832.
Sarah, dau. of William and Elizabeth Pulsford, b. 6 Nov., 1832, ch. 18 Nov., 1832.
Sophia, dau. of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 17 Sept., 1832, ch. 24 March, 1833.
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Ann Lane, b. 20 Feb., 1833, ch. 24 March, 1833.
Henry, son of James and Mary Clarke, b. 3 Feb., 1833, ch. 24 March, 1833.
James, son of Samuel and Mary Fouracre, b. 9 Feb., 1833, ch. 24 March, 1833.
George, son of William and Grace Vinting, b. 19 Jan., 1833, ch. 24 March, 1833.
Charles, son of John and Susan Eveleigh, b. 6 Nov., 1832, ch. 24 March, 1833.
Thomas Frank, son of Thomas and Jane Ann Bury, h. 27 Nov., 1832, ch. 2 June,
1833.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Maria Woodrow, />. 25 April, 1833, ch. 6 Sept., 1833.
William, son of William and Mary Lapthorne, b. 18 April, 1833, ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
Mary, dau. of William and Mary Lapthorne, b. 18 April, 1833, ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
Ann, dau. of Thomas and Mary Ann Allen, b. 2 Feb., 1833, ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
Sarah, dau. of Jane Blackmore, b. 18 June, 1819, ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
Caroline, dau. of John and Mary Fouracre, b. 30 May, 1833, ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
Ann, dau. of John and Mary Hill, b. , ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
Susan, dau. of William and Ann Hill, b. 3 May, 1833, ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
William, son of Thomas and Mary Bragg, b. 3 Aug., 1833.
421
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
James, son of Thomas and Mary Bragg, />. 1 June, 18-23, ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
John, son of Thomas and Mary Bragg, b. 8 Oct., 1828, ch. 13 Oct , 1833.
Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Mary Bragg, 6. 8 Feb., 1831, ch. 13 Oct., 1833.
James Newcombe, son of James and Harriot Stradling, b. 21 Oct., 1833, ch. IT Nov. ,
1833.
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Mary Pulsford, 6. 11 Dec, 1833, eh. 23 March, 1831.
Sarah, dau. of William and Maria Goff, b. 16 Oct., 1833, ch. 23 March, 1834.
Ann, dau. of Samuel and Jane Knight, 6, 9 Jan., 1834, ch. 23 March, 1831.
Myra Jane, dau. of John and Martha Field, h. 19 Nov., 1833, ch. 23 March, 1834.
Sarah, dau. of John and Jane Richards, b. 16 April, 1832, ch. 23 March, 1834.
Mary Ann, dau. of John and Jane Richards, h. 22 Jan., 1834, ch. 23 March, 1831.
Sarah, dau. of James and Sarah Selwood, h. 9 Jan., 1834, ch. 23 March, 1834.
Elizabeth, dau. of James and Susan Hagley, b. 20 Sept., 1830, ch. 23 March, 1834.
Mary, dau. of James and Susan Powell, b. 2 Jan., 1834, ch. 23 March, 1834.
Sarah, dau. of John and Hannah Tottle, b. 16 April, 1833, ch. 23 March, 1834.
John, son of Robert and Elizabeth Howe, b. 28 Nov., 1834, ch. 18 Jan., 1835.
Esther, dau. of Joseph and Susan Pyne, b. 3 Feb., 1835, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Henry, son of David and Sarah Winter, h. 14 April, 1834, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Eliza, dau. of George and Ann Brown, b. 17 March, 1834, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Samuel James, son of John and Harriot Cross, b. 18 March, 1834, ch. 8 March, 1835.
William, son of Henry and Jane Perry, />. 15 Aug., 1834, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Elizabeth Wreyford, dau. of Thomas and Jane Ann Bury, b. 30 Oct., 1834, ch.
8 March, 1835.
Mary Ann, dau. of William and Ann Bishop, b. 7 Feb., 1835, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Samuel, son of Charles and Hannah Davey, b. 21 July, 1834, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Hannah Tottle, h. 13 Feb., 1835, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Robert, son of John and Jane Martin, h. 31 Dec, 1828, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Mary, dau. of John and Jane Martin, h. 20 Jan., 1831, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Charlotte, dau. of John and Jane Martin, b. 24 July, 1834, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Sarah Syle, dau. of Thomas and Maria Clarke, b. 10 Sept., 1834, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Miriam, dau. of Robert and Sarah Clarke, b. 30 Jan., 1835, ch. 8 March, 1835.
James Clarke, son of John and Elizabeth Harcombe, b. 11 Oct., 1834, ch. 8 March,
1835.
James, son of George and Elizabeth Thorne, b. 5 Sept., 1830, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Elizabeth, dau. of George and Elizabeth Thorne, b. 14 Feb., 1834, ch. 8 March, 1835.
Phoebe, dau. of John Harcombe and Sarah Cuff, b. 17 Jan., 1835, ch. 8 March, 1835.
George, son of Brown, b. (no date), ch. 20 March, 1835.
Charles, son of Thomas and Mary Ann Allen, b. 5 May, 1835, ch. 23 Aug., 1835.
Lydia, dau. of James and Mary Clarke, b. 3 Aug., 1835, ch. 23 Aug., 1835.
Samuel, son of John and Elizabeth Blackmore, ft. 17 July, 1835, ch. 23 Aug., 1835.
John, son of George and Ann Lang, b. 20 Nov., 1834, ch. 23 Aug., 1835.
George Thomas, son of George and Elizabeth Freek, b. 1 May, 1835, ch. 23 Aug.,
1835.
Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel and Betty Thorne, b. 13 June, 1827, oh. 23 Aug., 1835.
Charlotte, dau. of Nathaniel and Betty Thorne, b. 19 June, 1831, ch. 23 Aug., 1835.
Mary Ann, dau. of Nathaniel and Betty Thorne, b. 25 Dec, 1834, ch. 23 Aug., 1835.
Emma, dau. of William and Mary Ann Blackmore, b. 18 March, 1829, ch.
23 Aug., 1835.
Charles Henry, son of William and Mary Ann Blackmore, b. 13 Sept., 1831,
oh. 23 Aug., 1835.
422
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS.
Joseph Harcet, son of Richard and Mary Slade, b. 17 July, 1832, ch. 20 Sept.. 1835.
Henry Terrell, son of Richard and Mary Slade, b. 27 April, 1834, ch. 20 Sept., 183.5.
Sarah Ann, dau. of Richard and Mary Slade, b. 29 Aug., 1835, ch. 20 Sept., 1835.
Hope, dau. of George and Hannah Cape, b. 11 May, 1827, ch. 9 Feb., 1836.
George, son of George and Hannah Cape, 6. 8 July, 1828, ch. 9 Feb., 1836.
Jane, dau. of George and Hannah Cape, b. 9 Aug., 1830, ch. 9 Feb., 1836.
Hannah, dau. of George and Hannah Cape, b. 21 May, 1832, ch. 9 Feb.. L836.
Samuel, son of George and Hannah Cape, b. 12 Dec, 1833, ch. 9 Feb., 1836.
Sarah, dau. of John and Elizabeth Saturley, b. 5 Nov., 1831, ch. 13 March, 1X36.
Charles, son of John and Elizabeth Saturley, b. 12 Oct., 1833, ch. 13 March, 1836.
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Saturley, b. 20 Feb., 1836, ch. 13 March, 1836.
Ann, dau. of Benjamin and Ann Glass, b. 8 May, 1828, ch. 29 May, 1836.
John, son of William and Mary Corram, 6. 1 Oct., 1835, ch. 29 May, 1836.
Mary Ann, dau. of William and Hannah Gregory, b. 7 Aug., 1835, ch. 29 May, 1836.
John, son of John and Jane Richards, b. 24- Oct., 1835, ch. 29 May, 1836.
Jane, dau. of James and Mary Candy, b. 2 March, 1836, ch. 29 May, 1836.
Charles, son of William and Mary Johnson, 6. 26 Aug., 1835, ch. 29 May, 1836.
William, son of William and Mary Lapthorne, b. 18 Dec, 1835, ch. 29 May, 1836.
Thirza, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth Brown, b. 16 Jan., 1836, ch. 29 May, 1836.
Elizabeth, dau. of William and Maria Goff. 6. 14 April, 1836, ch. 29 May, 1836.
Anstiee, dau. of Thomas and Jane Ann Bury, b. 1 Sept., 1836, eh. 30 Nov., 1836.
William, son of John and Hannah Tottle, b. 20 Nov., 1836, ch. 8 Jan., 1837.
William, son of William Collard of Wellington, solicitor, and Martha, b. at St.
Sidwell, Exeter, 29 Aug., 1831, ch. 8 Jan., 1837.
Anna, dau. of William Collard of Wellington, solicitor, and Martha, b. at
Starcross, co. Devon, 8 June, 1830, ch. 8 Jan., 1837.
Martha, dau. of William Collard of Wellington, solicitor, and Martha, b. at St.
Sidwell, Exeter, 5 Feb., 1834, ch. 8 Jan., 1837.
William John, son of John and Harriet Cross, b. 30 June, 1836, ch. 8 Jan., 1837.
James, son of George and Ann Lang, b. 16 Aug., 1836, ch. 8 Jan., 1837.
William, son of James and Susan Powell, b. 15 July, 1836, ch. 8 Jan., 1837.
Caroline, dau. of John and Harriott Powell, b. 14 Oct., 1836, ch. 8 Jan., 1837.
Martha, dau. of David and Sarah Stradling, b. 11 July, 1836, ch. 8 Jan., 1S37.
George, son of Charles and Sarah Coles, 6. 27 Feb., 1837, eh. 9 April, 1837.
Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John and Elizabeth Harcombe, h. 25 April. 1837, ch. 14 May,
1837.
Anna, dau. of Thomas and Mary Pulsford, /<. 15 Jan., 1837, ch. 11 June, 1837.
John, son of James and Ann Templar, b. 20 June, 1835, ch. 11 June, is:',;.
Ann, dau. of John and Mary Fouracre, b. 11 April, 1835, ch. 11 June, 1837.
Samuel, son of James and Maria Fouracre, 6. 20 Jan., 1837, ch. 11 June, 1837.
Eliza Grace, dau. of William Collard and Eliza Grace Waldron. I>. 21 Mav, 1836,
ch. 11 June, 1837.
Elizabeth, dau. of Robert and Martha Pyne, b. 30 Jan., 183?, ch. 11 June, 1837.
Louisa, dau. of Wrilliam and Ann Glass, b. 1 Feb., 1837, ch. 11 June, 1837.
Philemon, son of George and Elizabeth Freek, h. 5 Jan., 1S37, ch. 11 June. 1 S;> 7 .
Sarah, dau. of Charles and Hannah Davey, A. 21 April, 1S37, eh. 11 June, 1837.
Elizabeth Jane, dau. of William and Louisa Fanny Procter, b. 7 Feb., 1837, ch.
11 June, 1837.
Maria, dau. of Anne and William Pyne, b. 25 June, 1S35, ch, 11 June. 1S37.
William James, son of George and Ann Brown, b. 20 April. 1837, ch. 11 June. 1837,
123
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
William, son of William and Elizabeth Pulsford, b. 26 Feb., 1836, ch. 11 June, 1837.
Susan Baker, dau. of Andrew and Elizabeth Cosens, b. 13 July, 1834, ch. 11 June,
183T.
Selina, dau. of Andrew and Elizabeth Cosens, b. 8 March, 1837, ch. 11 June, 1837.
Eli, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Thorne, b. 19 May, 1823, ch. 20 June, 1837.
John, son of William and Catherine Allen, 6. 27 Aug., 1823, ch. 20 June, 1837.
James Bird, son of William and Catherine Allen, b. 23 Nov., 1826, ch. 20 June, 1837.
Mary Sarah, dau. of William and Catherine Allen, b. 9 May, 1830, ch. 20 June, 1837.
Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth Whitewood, b. 10 Aug., 1836, ch. 20 June,
1837.
William, son of Mary Lapthorne, b. 28 March, 1837, ch. 23 June, 1837.
George, son of Richard and Betsey Voisey, b. 22 April, 1836, ch. 23 June, 1837.
Ann, dau. of William and Mary Marshall, 6. 19 June, 1837, ch. 26 June, 1837.
Mary Jane, dau. of John and Mary Baker, b. 12 June, 1837, ch. 26 June, 1837.
Joseph, son of William and Mary Ann Bowerman, b. 6 April, 1837, ch. 26 June, 1837 .
Emma, dau. of Thomas and Maria Jones, b. 24 March, 1837, ch. 26 June, 1837.
Uriah, son of Uriah and Mary Slade, b. 24 March, 1833, ch. 26 June, 1837.
Charles, son of Robert and Grace Salter, b. 12 May, 1837, ch. 26 June, 1837.
Eliza, dau. of Richard and Mary Slade, b. 12 March, 1837.
Thomas Deacon, son of Charles James and Hannah Haddon, b. 21 May, 1834, ch.
28 June, 1837.
Elizabeth, dau. of Charles James and Hannah Haddon, b. 5 May, 1835, ch. 28 June,
1837.
Charles, son of William and Grace Vinting, b. 21 May, 1837, ch. 30 June, 1837.
424
BURIALS, 1812-1837.
Commencement of the Register of Burials at the Lower Meeting,
Wellington, Somerset, in the year 1812.1
Was interred
1812.
8 July
30 Aug.
1 Oct.
17 Nov.
1813.
25 Jan.
28 „
3 Feb.
10 „
11 April
28
9 May
14 „
2 June
12 „
1? July
19 „
19 Aug.
29 Sept.
3 Oct.
10 „
2 Nov.
21 „
28 „
1 Dec.
7 „
1814.
3 Jan.
8 „
13 „
28 „ •
9 Feb.
4 March
17 „
29 „
3 April
1 This list of burials is contained in a small book which is inserted into the front of the
foregoing Register of Births and Baptisms.
425 h h
Mrs. Mary Fackiell
J. Pyne
Samuel Fouracre
John Greenslade
Betty Greedy .
Jane Bishop
Edward Dare .
Mr. Robert Furze
James Wood
James Cornish .
B. Lane
John Wan-
Mr. Haddons .
Win. Brok.
Mr. Haddon's .
Robert Brown .
Thos. Cockram .
William Waterman
John Greenslade
William Jewell .
Betty Rutter .
Mrs. Joan Froast
William Marshall
James Curram .
John Greedy
Wm. Frost
Bartholemew Calway
S. Knot .
John Cade
Jane Turner
Wm Pring
Alexander Allen
William Hewish
Betty Winter. M.
Susn. Pulsford.
Was interred
1814.
9 April
15 „
18 „
20 „
22 June
24 June
23 July
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
M.
18 Oct.
1 Dec.
1815.
8 Jan.
28 „
8 Feb.
25 Feb.
9 April
10 „
12 „
16 „
2 May
11 June
14 „
19 July
4 Aug.
17 „
21 „
30 „
1 Oct.
23 „
30 „
5 Nov.
6 „
12 »
25 „
3 Dec.
12 „
1816.
7 Jan.
14 „
14 Feb.
2 Mar.
3 „
Mary Parsons.
John Thorne
Mrs. Quick wine merchants wife
Henry Spiller .
child
Thos. Coles
Anne Wood
child
child
John Parsons. .
child
Ann Glass
Robt Fry
John Coles
Elizth. Giles .
Anstis Chadwill
Gyle's child
M. Philips
M. Bishops
Fackrell .
child
child
Ann Moore
Sus. Thorne
J. Parsons
John Stradling .
John C. Maitrick [i.e., Madrick]
S. Twoze
Royal Currum .
Betty Tucker .
child
Mrs. Butler
Sarah Jenkins .
Maria Waldron .
child
Howe
Ann Winter
Ann Austin
Mr. James Quick wine merchant
E. Glass
Jane Greedy
child
child
Mrs. Prickman .
Wm. Pulsford .
John Winter
child
426
Aged years.
70
33
34
n
24
46
48
child
child
child
60
5
60
child
child
84
31
3
child
27
17
65
70
80
4
16
76
66
44
child
84
69
child
90
BURIALS.
Was iuterred
1816. Aged years.
22 Mar. S. Read . . . . . . . .65
29 April John Fouracre ....... child
31 May Thos. Waterman, son of Samuel and Betty . . .59
30 June T. Winter . . . . . . .40
10 May Jane Potter. M. . . . . .19
6 Oct. H. Marshall 62
10 Dec. Revd. Mr. Allen 73
1817.
12 Jan. H. Hurford 63
31 „ Robert Bird 72
11 Feb. John Wolley ....... child
9 May Mary Fackrell ....... child
16 „ Mrs. Sarah Fackrell 34
27 June Betty Baker . . . . . . .56
20 July Robt. Evans child . . . . . .70
Alice Allen . . . . . . .56
27 Sept. Patience Pyne. M. . . . . . .22
19 Oct. Mary Jenkins ....... child
20 „ Chas. Twoz ....... child
2 Nov. Hannah Powel . . . . . . .66
1818.
2 Feb. Benjamin Pring . . . . . .84
3 May Robt. Baily .... ... 70
4 ,, Sarah Withers . . . . . . .11
26 Thos. Pyne ....... child
24 June John Baker . . .... 20
5 July Wm. Searl's child
child
25 Sept. William Neale. . . . . . . .69
11 „ Hannah Allen . . . . . . .76
25 „ Mrs. Latty1 75
13 Oct. Saml. Fouracre
18 ,, Sarah Bales ....... child
22 Dec. Thos Pring ....... child
1819.
10 Jan. John Russell ....... child
19 „ Elizabeth Waterman wife of Ishmael . . . .86
24 ,, Sarah Waterman daughter of Ishmael . . .46
19 Feb. Ann Jewell . . . . . . . 74
4 April Mary Pulsford . . . . . . .11
9 „ Mathew Glass ....... child
25 „ Amey Cade . . . . . . .81
John Baker . . . . . . .56
1 A mural tab'et on the western wall of the chapel, near the entrance, contains the
following inscription :— 'Sacred to the Memory of John Latty, of this Town, Gent., who
departed this life 31st August, 1795, aged 70. Also, Elizabeth his Widow, who died
20th Seplr, 1818, aged 75. They lived much respected, and devoted their live^ to the service
of their Saviour. This monument was erected at the request of Anna, the amiable
daughter of the said John Latty by Anna his first wife (formerly of the City of Bath), and
the beloved wife of Benj" Bickley, Esq1-, of Bristol, where she lived greatly esteemed, and
died deeply regretted on the 9th November, 1821.'
427
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Was interred
1819. Aged years.
2 May Thos. Eveleigh ....... child
11 „ Mary Parsons . . . . . . .59
29 ,, John Bowerman . . . . . ,80
4 July Cape ........ child
7 ,, John Long ....... child
16 „ child
I Aug. Ann Rowe ....... child
13 „ C. Hardy ....... child
4 Sept. John Russell ....... child
26 Oct. Eliz. Bragg ....... child
1 Nov. Ann Fouracre . . . . . . .61
29 „ Mrs. Eliz. Bicknell . . . . . .60
19 Dec. Mary Tottle . . . . .37
25 ,, Win, Brown ....... child
Mary Ann Howe . . . . . .10
26 „ John Berry . . . . . . . 70
1820.
30 Jan. Sarah Pyne now Green . . . . .87
Elizth. Blackmore . . . . . .83
12 March James Pyne (I believe a son of Sarah Pyne) . . .55
9 April Abraham Nation . . . . . .73
Fouracre . . . . . . . child
16 „ Thomas Marshall Macdonnald, killed 13 April accidently
by a cart passing over his head, aged . . .11
5 July John Fry . . . . , . .62
7 James Martin . . . . . . .30
9 ^yS} Mary Ann Blackmore . . . . . . 4 months
II ,, Ann Woodrow died of the Small pox . . . 21 years
8 Aug. A child of Nicholas Tucker . . . . . 1£
27 „ Another child of do. . . . . . U
15 Oct. Sarah Wood wife of James Wood of Farthing Pitts . . 45
5 Nov. Robert Cade . . . . . . .45
8 Dec. Hannah Thome . . . . . .19
15 Ann Broadfoot . . . . . . .84
Simon Cross . . . . . . .81
1821.
4 Feb. Hannah Woodford daughter of Samuel Woodford . 49
24 „ Mr. John Bicknell . . . . . .66
25 ,, Thomas Powels child Thomas .... about 15 months
4 Mar. Sarah Job . . . . . . .75 years
11 Ann Snook . . . . . . .56
(A child no rel: service)
18 A child of Sarah Parsons ..... 21 weeks
Abraham Jenkins . . . . . .60 years
6 April A child no rel: service
15 June Officiated at the interment of Mrs. Kingdom in ye Baptist
Burial Ground . . . . . .66
John Lapthorne began as Sexton
29 June James Martin . . . . . . .67
428
BURIALS.
Was interred
1821. Ag«] years.
1.5 July Nanny Spiller. M. . . . . .77
20 „ Ishmael Waterman. M. . . . .90
10 Aug. Jane Blackmore . . . . . .26
30 Nicholas Tucker. (Revd. Mr. Baynes officiated) . . 73
9 Sept. Sarah Lapthorne . . . . . .66
16 Mary a child of Joshua Wright . . . .3
20 „ George Mansfield . . . . . .24
23 „ Dinah Tottle. M 82
28 „ Thomas Chappie . . . . . .71
30 „ Betty Wild . . . . . .41
17 Oct. Orpha Wood .......
9 Dec. Anna Twoze. Mr. Headebourk officiated at ye interment 3
1822.
8 Jan. Betty Hurley ....... 56
13 M Mary Alway . . . . . . .32
13 ,, James Coram . . . . . . .79
27 Officiated at the Baptist Meeting on ye interna1 Nicholas
Nunfords daughter
3 March Jane Bird . . . . . . .19
3 April William Collard Pyne . . . . .4 months
,, James Calway . . . . . . .27 years
28 „ a child . . . . . . . .4 months
26 May Richard Maderick . . . . . .34 years
6 June James Pynes child . . . . . .6 months
19 ,, Clement Waldron . . . . . .2 years
12 July Michael Baker . . . . . .6
17 ,, Susannah Thorne . . . . . .57
21 „ Thomas Winter (Philips Well) . . . .57
8 Sept. Mr. William Coleman . . . . . .80
24 „ Mr. Joseph Bullers . . . . . .77
20 Oct. Sarah Pulsford . . . . . .80
1 Dec. Dorothy Puke . . . . . . .65
Ann Wright . . . . . . .1
3 „ F. Pope lh
1823.
16 Jan. Mrs. Sarah Hosch . . . . . .59
17 ,, Mrs. Sarah Coleman . . . . . .76
19 „ Chappie's child . . . . . . . 1£
22 „ Mrs. Turner . . . . . . .72
25 „ Betty Marshall . . . . . .92
27 Philip and Amos children of Amos and Mary Fouracre . 4 months
31 „ A child of Sarah Stevens . . - . .1 year
27 April Betty Squers . . . . . . .75
30 „ Dorothy King ....... 70
11 May William son of Robert and Margarett Brown . . 1 yr. 6mos.
14 „ Samuel Owen . . . . . . .23 years
21 June Samuel son of Robert and Eliza Jourdan . . . 5 months
29 July Sarah dau. of Charles and Hannah Twose . . . lyr.lOmos.
8 „ Sarah Wright dau. of John and Sarah Pring . . 44 years
429
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
as interred Aged years.
1823.
July Martha Cade.
20 „ Ann Glass daughter of Benjamin and [Ann] Glass . . 7
3 Aug. James son of George and Mary Weseott . . .70
24 ,, William Fouracre . . . . . .88
2 Nov. Mary Powell (of New Green) dau. of Thomas and Susanna
Marks . .39
4 Downing Hosch son of John H. and Sarah Cuff . • 1
12 Dec. Mary wife of John Jenkins of Rockwell green . . 77
16 Thomas Searle. . . . . . .71
1824.
28 Jan. Jane Russel late Sharland . . . . .37
4 Feb. A son of Mr. Henry Waldron aged a few months
15 „ Mathew Berry ....... 68
22 Henry and Charles sons of Thomas and Sarah Pyne.
27 „ Mrs. Elizabeth Faekrell late Twoze . . . .33
3 March A daughter of Parkhouse ....
5 „ William Glass . . . . . . .62
7 „ Mary Sharland . . . . . . .34
7 ,, Mary dau. of Thos. and Mary Bragg . . . .11
21 ,, William Rogers son of Henry and Rogers . . 36
28 ,, Ann dau. of John and Ann Philips .... 1 yr. 9mos.
,, William son of Robert and Hannah Marks . . .19 weeks
4 April Susanna Baker dau. of George and Sarah Lapthorne . 68 years
11 Edward Blackmore . . . . . .84
21 „ Jane Searle . . . . . . .84
24 ,, John Helling son of John and Harriot Sharland . . 8
25 ,, Mary Twoze . . . . . . .an adult
2 May Hannah Swain dau. of John and Mary Swain . . 38
16 „ Betsy dau. of William and Mary Powel . . .1
28 „ Robert son of Wm. and Betsy Bird . . . .8
4 June Philip son of Robert and Sarah Parsons . . .54
David son of Elijah and Jane Jenkins . . .6 months
13 ,, Jane Jourdan . . . . . . .66 years
20 ,. Ann dau. of Joseph and Betsy Parsons . . .21
27 ,, Daniel son of John and Mary Fouracre . . .6 months
11 July Mary Ann dau. of Wm. and Thomasin Parrill . . 1 year
3 Aug. Jemima Pope dau. of Thos. and Hannah Padley . . 35 years
4 Sept. John son of John and Sarah Timewell . . .60
25 Maria dau. of Joseph and Sarah Long . . .16
26 „ James son of John and Betty Bird . . . .47
26 Mary, dau. John and Betty Harvey . . . .8 months
27 Oct. John Massey .......
29 ,, Hannah dau. of John and Dorothy Holley .
14 Nov. of John and How
1825.
4 Jan. James son of James and Betty Jenkins late Woodrow. . 4
6 Feb. Samuel Fouracre . . . . . .73
20 „ Mary Chappell . . . . . . .77
23 ., Mary Ann dau. of Nicholas and Betty Tucker.
430
BURIALS.
Was interred
1825.
Aged years.
1 May
Mr. Thomas Frost ......
81
7
Thomas Clarke . ....«•
92
25 „
Joseph Winter
7 Sept.
Harriot dau. of George and Mary Westcott .
5
2 Oct.
Thomas
infant
9 „
Sarah dau. of Willm. and Catherine Allen. .
6 months
16 „
Mary Westcott .......
31 years
9 Nov.
Joseph Long .......
27 „
Amey Westcott ......
45
4 Dec.
Maria dau. of George and Mary Westcott
13
1826.
70
18
Sarah rlan nf .Tnhn and Sarah Hurter
3
1 Feb.
Edward Jewel .......
45
TnVin frlficc
JUIlll V_JIfl!5o . • • • • ■ «
87
17
Lucy Atlcy
54
1 cr Vlxexl L II
Willisim n
>> ILll.tlll UCI11ICIL. ••••••
81
21 Anril
- L J. \J I 11
Willm HTnttlp in fhp RanH^t Oround Wellington
TT 111111. 1 UL U^, 111 t 1 1 V— UflUl 1 J I V_-* 1 UUIIU^ Tf \,1111ICLU11 . •
30
Charles a son of David and Sarah Winter
1
Tampc c An r\f* T^K nc o nn Hannan Prnif*
J alUCo oLJll Ul 1 IlUo. dllLl 1 lalllMI I X UUC . • •
3
8.5
Ma«ir r*arcnnc
IXldiy X al oUllo *••••••
30
30
.Tnan T^nry^Ianrl
62
4 July
Mary Twoze ...... nearly
16
30 „
Edward Plaice .......
71
13 Aug.
John Lane .......
8
1 Sept.
Mary Ann Jewel ......
25
10 „
Hannah Jenkins ......
83
17 „
Ann Veals .......
14
1-2 Nov.
Hannah Jiles [i.e., Giles] .
4 months
17 Dec.
Ann dau. Thos. and Ann Marshall ....
11 years
1827.
31 Jan.
Mrs Rettv Tavlor
86
18 Feb.
.TnnaQ f^.nlpQ
%j wiiao vvivo •••••••
87
18 March
Betty Symmonds ......
64
8 April
James son of James and Sarah White
1
3 Sept.
Betty Gregory
1 Oct.
Mr. John Bicknell, in the Baptist Burial Ground, Wellington
7 „
Nanny Jefferies
9 „
Sarah Thome .......
76
21 „
Jane Potter .......
79
5 Dec.
Betty Greedy .......
87
1828.
6 Jan.
Ann dau. of John and Sarah Baker ....
24
23 „
William Rutter ......
70
27 „
Mary dau. of Rebekah and Henry Pring
15 weeks
9 March
Edward son of James and Betty Clarke
19 years
29 Feb.
Mary dau. of and Ann Marsh ....
19
16 March
Henry son of Henry and Rebekah Pring
3
1 This age 8 is marked in with pencil.
431
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Was interred
1828. Aged years.
19 March Mary Ann dau. of James and Ann Small . . .4
23 „ Mary Fay wife of William Fay . . . .65
2 April Thomas son of John and Sarah Warren . . .3
4 Jane dau. of Elijah and Jane Jenkins . . .4
6 Mary dau. of Uriah and Mary Slade . . .an infant
G John son of John and Hannah Shattock . . .2 years
13 ,, Samuel son of Robert and Margaret Brown . . .1
20 „ Sarah Page . . . . . . .70
25 May John son of Elizth. and Stevens . . .an infant
8 June Mary Baker . . . . . . .77
25 „ MaryThorne . . . . . . .65
3 Aug. Thomas Glass .......
31 „ Betty Alway . . . . . . .63
14 Sept. Ann Small . . . . . . .37
15 Oct. Jane Timewell . . . . . . .25
28 Nov. Jane dau. Thomas and Mary Chappel . . .1
29 „ Mary wife of Zechariah Carleton Stiff Esq. . . .31
30 Robert son of Robert and Jane Lapthorne . . .1
Dec. John son of Charles and Hannah Twoze . . .1
14 Dec. Sarah dau. of John and Hannah Lapthorne . . .1
21 „ Dorothy Balsh 87
1829.
13 Jan. John Jenkins . . . . . . .97
1 Feb. Eliza dau. of Andrew and Elizth. Cousins
6 „ Thomas Cornelius . . . . . .89
20 Susanna Fouracre . . . . . .63
8 March James Clarke . . . . . . .66
Sarah Harris . . . . . . .75
22 „ John Baker . . . . . . .75
29 „ William and Elizabeth Powell
8 April Ann Nation . . . . . . .75
12 „ John Gillard
14 „ Betty Veals . . . . . . .44
17 „ John Bird ....... 79
19 „ James Pope . . . . . . .2
13 May Richard Eveleigh . . . . . .74
24 ,, Mary Thorne . . . . . . .85
24 „ Betty Woodrow . . . . . .71
24 „ William Allen . . . . . . .10
5 June Ann dau. of John and Jane Timewell . . .3
14 ,, William son of John and Lydia Pulsford . . .26
12 July James son of John and Betty Gould .... infant
12 „ Betty Gore . 64
31 ,, Ann Crocker . . . . . . .48
% Aug. Philip Hitchcock . . . . . .55
9 ,, James son of John and Sarah Baker . . . .10
14 ,, John Bishop . . . . . . .85
31 „ Miss Bridget Hodge . . . . . .75
6 Sept. Deborah Fry . . . . . . .76
432
BURIALS.
Was interred
1829.
8 Sept.
20 „
4 Oct.
22 Nov.
29 „
1830.
3 Jan.
25 „
31 „
7 [? Feb.]
13 Feb.
21 „
2 March
21 „
28 „
6 June
11 July
22 Sept.
10 Oct.
17 Nov.
17 Dec.
17 „
19 „
1831.
9 Jan.
22 „
25 „
4 Feb.
6 .,
20 „
6 March
10 „
22 May
5 June
12 „
26 „
1 July
6 „
23 „
7 Aug.
7 „
21 „
13 Sept.
14 Sept.
30 „
13 Nov.
23 „
Betty wife of John Gold ....
Sarah Franks ......
Isaac Thome
Jane Wright
Sarah Kerswall
Francis Cade
Mrs. Elizabeth Fry .....
Nanny Furzeland
John son of John and Mellinor Ebden
a daughter of Thomas and Jane Bury . . .
Thomas Withers
John Jenkins of Wellington ....
James Phillips
Maria dan. of Samuel and Mary Harter.
John Woodrow ......
George son of Thomas and Ann Pope
Mr. Wm. Besley ......
Charlotte dau. of Robert and Maria Glass
Ann wife of James Pope
Amey Glass .......
Mr. Wm. Fry .
Mrs. Mary Besley widow of Mr. Wm. Besley
Joseph son of John and Sarah Roost .
Alexr. Swain .......
Elizabeth dau. of Wm. and Jane Jones
Mr. Robert Butter ......
Richard Job
Hannah Winter ......
Mary dau. of James and Maria Stevens.
Mary Jenkins .......
Uriah Glass .......
Mary Ann dau. of John and Mary Fouracre .
Benjamin son of John and Sarah Cape
Henry son of George and Mary Thome
Margaret Brown wife of Robert Brown
Thomas son of Zechariah Carleton and Mary Stiff .
Susanna widow of Bartholomew Calway
Mary Jenkins dau. of John and Hannh. Jenkins
Richard Tucker ......
Mary dau. of John and Mellinor Ebden
Lydia Rutter widow of Wm. Rutter . . . .
Officiated at the burial of Sarah Clarke in the Baptist yard,
Wellington .......
Benjamin Glass of Rockwell green . . . .
Elizath. Twoze in the Baptist Burial Ground, Wellington .
Mary Richards .......
Mr. Barnard Butter ......
433
Aged years.
26
84
IB
infant
78
2
28
7
79
86
75
T5
7 months
63 years
1
45
78
5
H8
63
11 months
19 years
11
41
7
70
45
17
67
76
74
22
75
57
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Was interred
1832. Aged years.
26 Nov. William Hewish . . . . . .34
4 Dec. Joshua Wright . . . . . . .68
17 Ann Cording . . . . . . .54
25 „ Sarah Swain . . . . . . .13
1 Jan. Mary dau. of John and Betty Glass .... 11 months
8 Robert Spiller . . . . . . .62 years
18 „ Sarah Bird . . . . . . .61
29 James son of James and Mary Poole . . .18 months
19 Feb. Thomas son of Willm. and Hannah Marshall . . 37 years
1 1 March William Powel . . . . . . .76
30 „ Sarah Chorley . . . . . . .52
1 April Sarah dau. of William and Sarah Callard [? Collard] . .15
15 James son of Thomas and Ann Lane . . .4
22 ,, Sarah widow of Abraham Jenkins
11 May Thomas Pyne of Rockwell-green. . . . .51
5 Sept. John Baker . . . . . . .54
30 ,, Thomas son of Thomas and Ann Winter . . .7
4 Nov. Eliza dau. of William and Millenor Glass. . . .2
14 Dec. James son of James and Mary Fackrell . . .22
23 „ John Stevens . . . . . . .84
1833.
27 Jan. James Pope
24 Feb. Philip Lapthorne . . . . . .75
2 April William Pring . . . . . . .84
14 Grace wife of Edward Clarke . . . . .66
21 „ Betty Cross . . . . . . .84
26 May Mary wife of John Swain . . . . .81
28 June Betty wife of Elijah Jenkins
27 July Henry W. son of John and Harriot Sharland . . 22
9 Aug. Elizabeth Haddon dau. of Isaac Deacon and Sarah Haddon 25
11 „ Elizabeth dau. of Richard and Betty Eveleigh . . 48
1 Sept. James Spiller . . . . . . .13
6 Oct. Mary Were . . . . . . .91
8 Dec. Robert son of John and Hannah Lovell . . .8
15 James Hill
22 ,, Mary dau. of John and Hannah Lovell . . .10
1834.
7 Feb. Jane Veals
2 March Edward Clarke . . . . . . .69
2 Tamzin wife of Wm. Tottle . . . . .66
2 „ Robert Glass ...... about 60
13 April Geo. Lapthorne . . . . . .76
13 July Mary dau. of James and Mary Hill . . . .13
23 ,, William son of William and Rosa Jordan . . .19
25 ,, Mary Ann dau. of Henry and Jane Perry . . .6
27 ,, James son of William and Sarah Glass . . .1
3 Aug. William son of Joseph and Ann Pyne . . .4
17 „ Elizabeth dau. of Elizabeth Bull . . . .9.
24 „ Jane dau. of James and Mary Paul . . . .4
434
BURIALS.
Ann dau. of Thomas and Sarah Clay
Mary dau. of David and Sarah Stradling
Uriah Coram ....
Sarah, dau. of Thomas and AnnaTottle
Wm. Son of Wm. and Ann Lapthorne
Jane widow of William Rogers
Ann wife of Robert Lane
Mary Ann dau. of Henry and Mary Harris
James son of James and Hannah Veals
Mary Richards of Holy-well Lake
Aged years.
1
2
80
1
2
45
66
33
6 months
80 years
4 Jan.
4 „
9 „
17 „
18 „
Ann dau. of Benjamin and Ann Glass
James son of Robt. and Ann Lapthorne
Mary dau. of John and Jane Bishop .
A daughter of David and Sarah Stradling
William son of Robert and Ann Lapthorne
9 months
9 months
57 years
10 months
11 years
1 List of Burials at the Lower Meeting Burial Yard, Wellington,
Somerset : —
Hannah Pring daughter of John & Ruth Palmer was buried 30 Jany. 1835, aged
83 years. Registered by me John H. Cuff minister.
Sarah widow of John Hewings, was buried 1st Feby. 1835 aged 75.
Registered by me John H. Cuff, minister.
Samuel, son of Alexander & Margaret Woodford, was buried 20 Feby. 1835.
aged 8-2. Registered by me John H Cuff minister.
The following entries are in the same form as the foregoing, but
the substance only is given. They are all signed by J. H. Cuff :
Mary, wife of Thomas Slade, buried 1 March, 1835, aged 72.
Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Winter of Philips Well in the parish of Wellington,
buried 22 March, 1835, aged 76 years.
Sarah, dau. of William and Hannah Stradling, was buried 7 April, 1835, aged 7
years.
Ann, wife of Robert Fry, buried 24 April, 1835, aged 46.
Thirza Baker, dau. of Joseph and Susan Pyne was buried 26 April, 1835, aged
2 years.
Thomas Kerswall, lately residing at Wrangway in Wellington, buried 31 May, 1835,
aged 86 years.
Hannah, dau. of John and Patience Pyne, buried 12 June, 1835, aged 50 years.
John, son of William and Rosa Jordan, buried 24 June, 1835, aged 11 years.
Mary, widow of George Lapthorne, buried 19 July, 1835, aged 76 years.
(Special entry) Michael, son of John and Ingram, was buried in the Baptist
Burial Yard, Wellington, 7 Feb., 1835, aged years.
Registered 7 Feb., 1835, by me John H. Cuff, officiating minister.
Robert, son of Betty Ball, buried 19 July, 1835, aged 7 years.
Robert, son of William and Sarah Lapthorne, buried 26 July, 1835, aged 17
months.
John, son of John and Jane Richards, buried 31 July, 1835, aged 34.
i A list inserted after the foregoing burials in the front of the Register of Births ami
Baptisms.
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Mary, wife of Robert Pyne, buried 28 Aug., 1835, aged 28 years.
Susan, dau. of John and Elizabeth Harvey, and wife of James Penny, buried
4 Sept., 1835, aged 22 years.
Elizabeth, wife of John Glass, of Swains near Wellington, was buried 13 Sept.,
1835, aged 44 years.
John, son of John and Hannah Allen, buried 15 Sept., 1835, aged 71 years.
Luke Hallick, long a resident in Bowermans Lane, Wellington, was buried
21 Oct., 1835, aged 76 years.
John Cape, of Old Way, near Wellington, was buried 10 Nov., 1835, aged 63 years.
James, son of Alexander and Margarett Stradling, was buried 23 Nov., 1835, aged
35 years.
Elizabeth, wife of William Eveleigh, buried 11 Dec, 1835, aged 45 years.
Mary, wife of Amos Fouracre, buried 11 Dec, 1835, aged 60 years.
Henry, son of Henry and Anna Waldron, buried 14 Dec, 1835, aged 67 years.
James, son of James and Coram, buried 3 Jan., 1836, aged 61.
John, son of John and Elizabeth Stevens, buried 20 Jan., 1836, aged 18 years.
George, son of John and Mary Cape, buried 20 Jan., 1836, aged 35 years.
Samuel, son of John and Betsy Blaekmore, buried 27 Jan., 1836, aged 6 months.
James, son of Samuel and Mary Fouracre, buried 7 Feb., 1836, aged 3 years.
William, son of James and Harriet Stradling, buried 12 Feb., 1836, aged 5 months.
Jane, widow of Thomas Needs, buried 19 Feb., 1836, aged years.
Mary, widow of Benjamin Glass, of Rockwell Green, buried 24 Feb., 1836, aged
years .
John, son of George and Ann Long, buried 20 March, 1836, aged one year.
Betty Channings, late Bull, buried 8 May, 1836, aged 42 years.
Samuel, son of William and Catherine Allen, buried 5 June, 1836, aged 2 years.
James, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Saturley, buried 12 June, 1836, aged 1 year.
Sarah, widow of James Selwood, buried 18 June, 1836, aged 75 years.
Solomon, son of Peter and Susanna Bennett, buried 19 July, 1836, aged 69 years.
James, son of Benjamin and Ann Glass, buried 24 July, 1836, aged 11 years.
John, son of George and Ann Gregory, buried 20 August, 1836, aged 64 years.
Joseph, son of Barnard and Sarah Butter, buried 20 Sept., 1836, aged 27 years.
John, son of Robert and Joan Furze, buried 15 April, 1835, aged 78 years.
Sarah, dau. of Bernard and Sarah Butter and wife of William Bond, buried 4 Oct.,
1836, aged 30 years.
Hannah, wife of Joseph Hallett, buried 9 Oct., 1836, aged 72 years.
Anna, widow of John Furze, buried 25 Oct., 1836, aged 72 years.
Sidwell Jenkins, buried 7 Nov., 1836, aged 72 years.
Hannah, widow of Luke Hallick, buried 23 Nov., 1836, aged 67 years.
Mary Cross, a widow, buried 1 Jan., 1837, aged 72 years.
Ann, dau. of William and Ann Parsons, buried 8 Jan., 1837, aged 11 months.
Ann, dau. of William and Ann Keats, buried 22 Jan., 1837, aged 9 years.
Robert Lane of Swains in the parish of Wellington, buried 29 Jan., 1837, aged 69
years.
Sarah, wife of Isaac Deacon Haddon, buried 17 Feb., 1837.
Hannah, dau. of John and Betty Tottle, was buried the 6 May, 1837, aged 21 years.
Martha Fouracre, widow of Samuel Fouracre of Row-green, buried 20 May, 1837,
aged 66 years.
Susanna Harvey, widow, buried 7 June, 1837, aged 77 years.
Mary Ann, dau. of John and Jane Timewell, buried 19 June, 1837, aged 11 years.
John, son of Hallett, buried 26 June, 1837, aged 71 years.
Joan, wife of James Thorne, buried 30 June, 1837, aged 65 years.
436
INDEX TO HISTORY OF INDEPENDENTS
An asterisk (*) after a figure denotes tlmt the name referred to occurs
more than once on that page.
... unnamed children buried.
426-8
.. Elizabeth, niece of Malachi
Blake, 337
... Joseph, bro. -in-law of M.
Blake, 337
... Joseph, nephew of M.
Blake, 337
... Mary Weeks, niece of M.
Blake, 337
... Robert Parker, nephew of
M. Blake, 337
... Thomas, 131
... William,son of William, 112
Abingdon, Berks, 373
Ackland, Elena or Elenor.
106, 408*, 110
John, 106, 408", 110
Marian, 106
Thomas, 108
William, 410
A court, Mr. 337
Jane, 337
Acts and Ordinances of the
Interregnum, quoted, 330
Act of Uniformity of 1662,
309, 310, 313, 318, 319, 321,
330 333
Adams, Elizabeth, 360
Addiscott, Rev. H. 332*, 391,
396*
Alleine, Rev. Joseph, 310. 311,
313*, 317, 318-23 (bio-
graphy)
Richard, 319
Theodosia. 319", 320, 322
Tobie, 319
Allen, -, Rev. 370". 127
Alexander, 110, 125
Alice. 127
Ann, 421
Anna, 109
Catherine, 124 , 431, 436
Charles, 422
H. G. 363-4
Hannah, 427, 436
James Bird. 424
John, 379, 397, 405, 406, 407.
408*, 409, 411, 424, 136
Joseph, 120
Martha, 410
Mary, 405, 406. 407', 408, 409,
411, 420
Mary Ann, 420, 121, 422
Mary Sarah, 424
Samuel, 411. 136
Sarah, 105-6, 131
Thomas, 110, 120', 121, 122
W. B. 363-1
William, 124 . 431, 132, 136
Alvvay, Agness, 107
Baker, 408
Betty, 432
James, 407. 408
Mary, 429
Susannah, 407, 408
America, United Slates of.
341, 362, 396
Andrews, Miss, 392
Angersleigh, Som., 321
' Annual Week of United and
Universal Prayer,' 391
Antananarivo [Tananarivo],
372, 373
Appley, Som., 101. 402
Application to Parliament,
in 1772, 351
Aricot, Mary Holcoinbe, 110
Arundel, Sussex, 376
Arundel, Rev. J. 373
Ash, Joseph, 371
Ashton-under-Lyme, 393
Ashworth, Caleb. 338, 352
Alley. Lucy, 131
Attestation of the Ministers
or Somerset in 1618, 321,
329
i Austin, Ann. 108*, 126
Robert, 108*
Sarah, 108
Susanna, 108
Aveliug, Rev. T. W. 397, 398
Avenue, the. 4<»4
Awlscomb, Devon, 337
Axminster, 370, 377
B., T. 331
Babage [Babbage], John, 105
Mary, 405
Sarah, 420
William. 405
Baily, Robt, 427
Baker, Ane, Ann, 407, 410, 131
Anna, 419
Anna Furze. 119
Betty. See Elizabeth
Eliza, 409*, 411
Elizabeth, or Betty. 406\
107, 109, 410, 411 , 112, 427
Emma, 411
Hannah, 110
James. 109, 132
Jane, 411
John, 406', 407, 409*. 410*,
411*, 412*, 419, 424, 427%
131, 132*, 134
Mar}', 406\ 407*, 409, 410, 411*.
412*, 424, 432
437
Baker (cont.) :
Mary Jane, 421
Michael, 429
Phillip, 406
Polly, 406
Sarah, 409, 411, 112, 431, 432
Susanna. 430
Thomas, 406, 1 407. Ill*
412
William, 109, 111
Bales, Sarah, 427
Ball, — , Rev. 351
Betty, 135
Robert, 433
Balsh, Dorothy, 132
Bampton, Devon, 377. 383
Bannister, Mrs. H. 376
William. 311, 315, 375-6 (bio-
graphv). 396, 411
Baptist Association. 382, 181
Baptists, the. South Street.
355, 381, 382. 383\ 392, 391,
397, 101
united meetings with the
Congregalionalists, 380,
381
burial ground 128, 129, 431\
133", 135
Barber, — , Rev. 358. 359
Bardet, Charles Peter, 355
Peter, 340, 347, 390
Barnet, Herte, 400
Barnstable, Devon, 342*. 351 \
354, 389, 390
Barrett. — , Rev. 356
Bartlett, Jane, 406
Mary, 406
Thomas. 406
Batcombe. 319
Bath, 321, 337. 427
Batt. Elizabeth, 329.
Robert. 329
Timothy, 310, 311. 313. 326-31
(biographv of), 333. 339~
Baxter, Richard. 348
Baynes, Rev. Joseph. 380* ,
381 \ 382*, 383". 3S4, 385. 394.
397, 429
Beale. Wm. 387. 388
Beardon. Eliza. 412
Henrv Valentine. 413
Susanna. 412, 413
William. 112. 413
Beer Hacket, Dorset, 349
Bedford, 402
Benares, India, 402
Bennet [Bennett], Ann. 418
Elizabeth, 408. 415
George. 372. 373'. 396
James, 352''
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Bennet [Bennett], (corvt.) :
James, Star of the West,
Memoir of Kisdon Dar-
racott, quoted, 340-353
Sir James Risdon, 351, 352
John, 406. 407*, 408, 409, 410*.
411, 418*
Joseph, 407
Mary, 407
Mellony, 407
Peter, 436
Sarah, 406
Solomon, 436
Susanna, 436
Tacey or Tracey, 406, 407%
408, 409*, 410, 411*
William, 431
Berry's, in Mantle Street,
trust deeds, 315, 387
Berry, Ann, 339
Bem'amin, 310, 313, 323
Elizabeth, 339*
Humphrey, 311, 313, 314, 331,
338-40 (biography), 341, 342,
343, 395
John, 339*, 428
Mathew, 430
Richard, 390
Robert, 339*
See also Burv
Besley, Mr. 382
Katherine, 351
Mary, 433
William, 386, 387, 388, 389 ,
390*. 433
Bewglass, Rev. Dr. 392
Bible, the, commemoration
of the tercentenary of
Coverdale's, 382
Bickley, Anna, 427
Benjamin, 427
Bicknell, Elizabeth, 128
John. 388, 428, 431
Bideford, Devon, 341*
Bidgood, Mr. 384
Bidlands, 385
Binden [BindonJ, George, 310,
313, 323, 324, 326*
Bird, Elizabeth. Betsy, Betty,
413*. 414, 430*
James, 430
Jane, 429
John, 430, 432
Robert, 414, 427, 430
Sarah, 413, 434
William, 413 , 414. 430
Biscoe, Miss, 337
Bishop [Bisbops], Ann, 410,
422
Jane, 425, 435
John, 432, 135
M. 426
Mary, 410% 435
Mary Ann, 122
Matthew, 388
Peter, 410"
William. 122
Bishops. Sc. e Bishop
Bishops Hull, 320. 352, 377, 386,
388, 396, 397, 403
Bitton, Glouc. 325
Blackmore, Ann, 413
Anna, 416
Betsy. See Elizabeth
Charles Henry, 422
Elizabeth, or Betsy, 413%
419, 420, 122, 428, 436
Blackmore (cont.) :
Edward. 330, 430
Emma, 420, 422
Frederick, 419
Harriot, 419
James, 390, 413*, 417
Jane, 421, 429
John, 419, 120, 422, 136
Mary, 413. 416*, 417
Mary Ann, 416, 419, 422', 428
Robert, 416*, 417
Sarah, 421
Samuel, 436
William, 419, 422*
Blagdon, near Taunton, 332,
333, 334, 336*, 395
Blake, family of, 320, 321, 337-8
Miss, 335
Downing, 338
Elizabeth, 338
Hannah, 338
Humphrey, 321
Jane, 337
John, 336*, 337*
Malachi, 311. 313, 320, 331-8
(biography of the pastor),
337*. 336*, 338*. 352, 395
children of Malacbi's sister,
Robert Parker, Joseph,
Elizabeth, Mary WeeKs,
337
Mary, 335, 336 % 337% 338
i Robert, admiral, 320, 321,
332
! Sarah, 335, 336*, 337
William, 332, 333, 336% 337*,
338
Mrs. William, 338
Rev. William Moody, 311,
316, 401-2
Blandford, Dorset, 337
Boase, Frederic, Modern Bio-
graphy, 369
Boase and Courtney, Bib-
liotheca Cornubiensis,
quoted, 464
Boddily, Rev. John, 362
Bogue, Dr.. 376
Boit, Joan, 414
Parnassas, 414
William, 414
Bond, Sarah, 426
William, 436
Boon, John, 387
Bow, Devon, 341
Bowerman, John, 428
Joseph, 424
Mary Ann, 424
William, 424
Bowermans Lane, 436
trust deeds concerning the
property of the Congre-
gationalists in, 315*, 316,
387, 388, 391,399
Bovet, Richard, 362
Bradford, 382
Bragg, Elizabeth, 117, 428
James, 422
John, 422
Mary, 417, 421, 422% 430
Sarah, 422
Thomas, 417, 422% 430
William, 421
Bridge, Elizabeth, 415
Frank Sealy, 362
Mary Ann, 415
Richard, 415
438
Bridgwater, 320, 321*, 326, 330,
361, 378, 398
Bridport, 354, 357
Academy, 358
Bristol, 346, 347*, 349, 370, 378,
398, 404
Arno's Vale Cemetery, 402
Broadmead in, 353
British Museum. See London
Brixworth, Northants, 342
Broadfoot. Ann, 428
John. 356
Broadway, Som. 368
Brok, Wm. 425
Brooking, Catherine de
Courcy Sims, 378
Brown [Browne], A. M. 398*
Ann, 419, 421, 422, 423
Eliza, 422
Elizabeth, 419, 421, 423
Fred. Somerset Wills, 334
George, 419, 421, 422*, 423
James, 421
John, 418
Margaret, 414, 415, 416*, 418,
419, 429, 432, 433
Margaret Harris, 421
Mary Ann, 415
Nicholas. 346, 347
Robert, 414, 415, 416. 418, 419,
421, 423, 425, 429, 432, 433
Samuel, 419, 432
Thirza, 423
William, 414, 416, 428, 429
William James, 423
Brushford, 323
Buck, Joseph, 377, 3S6, 412
Buckland, West, 310, 323%
324*, 325% 326*, 328, 385,
386 % 388
Enclosure Act, 385
Bull, Elizabeth or Bettv, 434%
436
Buller [Bullar, Bullers]
Anna, 412
Charlotte, 421*
Elizabeth Pyne, 409
Hannah, 411
Joseph, 429
Mary, 414
Sarah, 409, 411. 412, 413, 414
Sarah Pyne, 413
Thomas, 421
William, 409, 111 . 412, 413,
414
Burnet [Burnett], Egerton, 404
F. J. 404
John, 400
Burrow, Henry, 355
Burscough, Mr. 325
Burt, Miss H. 376
Burton, S. 374*
Bury, Anstice. 423
Elizabeth Wreyford, 422
Emily Anstice, 419
James Chadwell, 420
Jane, 433
Jane Ann, 419, 420, 421, 422,
423
Thomas, 419, 420, 421, 422,
423, 433
Thomas Frank, 421
See also Berry
Burv St. Edmunds, 394
Butler, Mrs. 426
Butter, Barnard, or Bernard,
433, 436*
INDEX
Butter (cont.):
Joseph, 436
Robert, 386, 388, 433
Sarah, 436*
Cade, Amey, 427
Elizabeth, 350, 356
Francis, 433
John. 425
Martha, 430
Robert, 350, 355, 356*, 369,
371, 428
Sarah, 356
Caerleon, Monmouthshire, 361
Calamy, Edmund, Aron-
conformisfs Memorial .
quoted, 324, 325*, 329,
330, 331, 351, 357
Calborrow, Benjamin, 408
Mary, 408
Prue, 408
Calcutta, India, 372, 402
Calendar of State Papers,
quoted, 327, 328, 331
Callard, See Collard
Calway, Anne, 406, 410
Bartholomew, 425, 433
Elizabeth, 406
James, 429
John, 410
Richard, 406
Susanna, 433
Cambridge, Emanuel Col-
lege, 329
St, John's~College, 393
Candy, James, 423
Jane, 423
Mary, 423
Canton, China, 372
Cape, a child, 428
Aron, 415
Benjamin, 415, 433
Elisha, 415
George, 407, 410, 415, 423* 13'i
Grace, 416
Hannah, 423*
Hope, 415, 423
Jane, 423
John, 410, 415* 416*, 433, 436-
Maria, 415
Marv, 407, 410*, 415*, 416*, 436
Samuel, 423
Sarah, 407, 433
William, 416
Cape Horn, S. America, 372
Carolina, America, 321
Carrow, Henry, 414
John, 416
Sarah, 414, 415*, 416
William, 414, 415, 416
Carswell [Caswill], Elizabeth, \
406
Henry, 406
William, 406
Case of the Protestant Dis-
senting Ministers, &c.
354
Castle Cary, 377
Caswill. See Carswell
Cater, Rev. F. Ives, 361
Cates, Ann, 416
Samuel, 416*
Cawsand, Cornwall, 370
Cennick, John, 345
Cerne, Dorset, 349
TO INDEPENDENT
Chad well [Chadwill]
Anstice, Anstis, 412, 413*,
418, 426
Elizabeth, 412
James, 386, 388, 389, 412, 413,
418
Jane Ann, 418
Chadwick, family, 357
James, 361
Joseph, 311, 314, 318, 357-361,
395
Mary, 360
Thomas, 357
Channings, Betty, 436
Chapel-Building Society, 396
Chappell [Chappel, Chappie],
a child, 429
Ann, 414
Jane, 432
John, 414, 418
Mary, 430, 432
Robert, 418
Sarah, 418
Thomas, 414, 429, 432
Chard, Som. 376, 377, 399
Charles II. King, 313, 324, 326,
327
Charlton, N. 320
Chave, Win. 326
Cheek, John, 340, 390
Chelston Heathfield Com-
mon, trust deed con-
cerning land on, for the
Congrcgationalists, 315,
385
Cheltenham, 398
Cherry, Rev. John, 362, 370,
377
Chorley [Churlcy],
— , Rev. 352
Edward, 340, 390
Henry, 415
Honor, 415^
Jane, 415
Joseph, 415*
Sarah, 434
Chudleigh, Devon, 379, 397
Chulmleigh, Devon, 341. 342
Church of Wellington [St.
Mary's, afterwards St.
John's], 360
Clergy. See Jarratt,
Robert, vicar
Syndercombe, J. curate
C hurley. See Chorley
Clark [Clarke]
Ann, 408, 412, 420, 421
Betty or Betsy, 407, 411, 412,
415, 416, 420, 431
Christopher, 418
Edward, 406, 407, 408*, 409,
410, 411, 412, 413, 131, 434
Elizabeth, 408*, 410, 411, 412*,
413. See also Betty
Grace, 406, 407, 408% 409, 410,
411, 413, 434
Henry, 406, 413, 421
Isaac, 337, 341
James. 408 , 410*, 411. 412 .
413, 415, 416, 420, 421, 422.
431. 432
Jane, 408
John, 412, 416. 420, 421
Lydia, 409. 422
Maria, 422
Mary, 420, 421. 422
Mary Ann, 421
439
HISTORY.
Clark [Clarke], (cont.) :
Miriam, 422
Robert, 422
Robert Mead, 416
Samuel, Lives of Eminent
Persons, 322
Sarah, 416*. 418, 422, 433
Sarah Syle, 413, 422
Thomas, 420, 422, 431
Thomas Bruford, 411
William, 334, 416*, 418
William Symmond, 415
Clay, Ann, 435
R. 374
Sarah, 435
Thomas, 435
Clayhanger Farm, 377
Clayhidon, Devon, 371
Clifton, Bristol, 402*
Cloade, Elizabeth, 413
Marv, 413
Oliver, 413*, 415
Sarah, 413% 415
Susan, 413
William, 415
Cobbin, — , Rev. of South
Molton, 370
Cockermouth, 400
Cockram, Mary, 414
Thomas, 414, 425
William Parsons. 414
Coffin, J. Hist, of Newbury,
361, 363
Coker. T. 398*
Cole, John, 407*
Susanna, 407
Coleman [Colman], Harriet.
413
Maria, 413
Robert, 413
Sarah, 429
Thomas, Indep e n dent
Chtirches in Northamp-
tonshire, 357, 361
William, 371*, 385, 386, 429
Coles, Betty, 406
Charles, 423
George, 423
Henry, 381
John, 406, 426
Jonas, 431
Sarah, 423
Susannah, 406
Thomas. 126
Colford, Elizabeth, 400
Collard [Callard], Mr. 383%
384*
Anna. 423
Martha, 423
Sarah, 434
William, 386, 388. 389% 390*.
423% 431
Collumpton. See Cullompton
> Colthurst, G. E.. 404
Comley, Miss, aft. Mrs. Ben-
nett, 352
John, 352
Katherine, 352
'Commissioners to enquire
concerning Non- Paro-
chial Registers,' 405
4 Committee of Preaching
Ministers,' 329
Commons, House of, peti-
tions to, for relief from
the Thirty Xine Arti-
cles, 354
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Congregational Fund Board
[Fund Board, Indepen-
dent Fund], 348, 357, 358, !
3(30, 366, 367
Congregational Historical
Soc. Trans. 341
Congregational Magazine,
354, 370, 372, 373, 375*
Congregational Year Book,
393, 400-4
Congregation alists, Pres-
byterians, or Inde-
pendents
Ministers. For a list of the
ministers see pages 313-
16
For references to any par-
ticular minister see un-
der that person's name
Received support from
the Independent Fund,
348, 358
Independent Fund with-
held support, 358, 360
Application for relief to
Independent Fund, 366-7
The Registers, 312. Sent to
London by J. H. Cuff,
383, 405
preserved at Somerset
House, 312, 405
Births and Baptisms, 312,
405-24
Burials, 312, 425-36
Trust Deeds. Concerning
the chapel, 340, 355, 370-1.
385-6, 387, 388, 390, 391, 102
concerning the burial
ground, 340
concerning the Sunday
School, 387, 388, 390-1, 399
concerning support of the
ministers, 316-7, 387, 388,
390-1,399
concerning Wrangway
Chapel, 388-9
Legacies. William Prick-
man, 371
John Xott , 398
The Chapel and Meeting
Houses. The various
denominational names
of, 317, 318
meetings in a dyer's house,
319, 320, 321
the houses of Daniel Lock
and widow Mar in 1669.
323
John Norman's or the Old
Court House and Daniel
Lock's house licensed in
1672, 328
James Giffard's house ad-
joining ThreeCups Inn,'
licensed in 1689, 335
cause of removal from the
house adjoining 'Three
Cups Inn,' 340
presentation of site in 1728 ;
for chapel and burial
ground, 340
Chapel in Fore Street
opened in 1730, 340
enlargement of chapel in
1748, 344, 395
erection of gallery for
Sunday School, 385, 396
ongregationalists, Presby-
terians, or Independents
(cont.) :
The Chapel and Meeting
Houses (cont.) :
registered for marriages
in 1837, 385
first marriage in, 383, 384
closed for repairs in 1845,
384
description of the 1730 !
chapel, 395, 398
demolition in 1860, 395
picture of, by R. P. Cuff,
395
Historical Records of the i
old chapel, 395-6
erection of new chapel in
1860-1, 395-6
opening ceremony of the
new chapel, 397-8
registered for marriages
in 1861. 398
restrictions on burials
within the chapel, 401
improvements during Mr.
Joyce's ministry, 403 i
stained glass windows, 403 j
the organ, 399, 403
bazaar in aid of chu rch, 404 j
jubilee of the 1861 chapel, i
404 j
pulpit occupied by Mrs. ;
Dening. 404
mural tablets, 379. 427
the Lower Meeting, 381\ i
405, 425, 435
the Higher Meeting, 381
MevibersandCongregation, j
various denominational i
names, 317, 318
difficulty of tracing early
history. 318
earliest references to
meetings, 318, 330
first recorded preacher to
them, 318
earliest licence to hold
meetings, 328
whether Malachi Blake
was the original foun- j
der, 332, etc.
poverty of congregation i
in 1778, 359
dissensions during minis-
try of T. Parish, 3<w-0
poverty about 1795-6, 366-7
petition to the trustees
to remove T. Parish, 368
covenant to pay the ex-
penses of same, 369
loss of records, 380
dissensions during Win-
law's ministry, 392
joint meetings with the
Baptists, 380, 381, 382
monthly observance of the
Lord's Supper, 394
annual united Commun- ,
ion Service, 394
Statistics of Members and
Congregation.
In 1715, 340
In 1741, 33!), 312 3
increase under Darracott,
348-9
communicants in 1757, 350
440
Congregationalists, Presby-
terians, or Independents
(cont.) :
Statistics of Members and
Congregation (cont.) :
condition in 1772, 355
progress under Winlaw,
393
statistics for 1900-1912, 404
Sunday School
held in the chapel, 385
school in Bowerman's
Lane, erected in 1829,
387, 388, 391, 396
struck by lightning, 391-2
school erected in 1861, 399,
404
statistics, 404
Night School, 399
Preaching Stations. See
Five Houses, Ford
Street, Langford, East
Nynehead, and Wrang-
way.
Burial Ground, 340, 390
restrictions on burials, 401
Lower Meeting Burial
Ground, 425, 435
Minister's Residence, 400
Conventicles, 317
Coombcs,- Rev. 382, 383
Coram [Corran, Curram, Cur-
ron, Currum]
Ann, 414
Betsy, Betty. See Elizabeth
Elizabeth, Betsy or Betty,
407*, 410, 412
Hannah, 407
James, 407, 410. 411*, 412, 414%
416, 417, 425, 429, 436
John, 423
Martha, 417
Mary. 410, 411, 412, 414*, 416,
417, 423
Royal, 407% 412, 426
Samuel, 416
Sarah, 414
Susan, 412
Thomas, 356
Uriah. 435
William, 423
Cording, Ann, 434
Cordings. land called. Trust
deed concerning the
Congregationalists, 314,
355, 370-1
Cornelius, Thomas, 432
Cornish, James, 425
William, 349
Cornwall, 329
Corran. See Coram
Cosens [Cosins, Cousins],
Alfred, 418
Andrew, 418, 420, 424*, 432
Caroline, 420
Eliza, 432
Elizabeth, 418, 420, 424*, 432
Selina, 424
Susan Baker, 424
Cotley, Devon, 338
Court House, damaged by a
storm, 384. See also Old
Court House
Courtnall. James, 400
Rev. William, 311, 316, 380,
400-1
Courtney, W. P. 353
INDEX TO INDEPENDENT HISTORY.
Cousins. See Cosens
Coverdale, Miles, 382
Coward s Academy, 351
Cox, Anna Maria, 378
Henry Herbert, 378
Rev. J. H. 404
Jane, 371
Cranmer & Co. 399
Crediton, 323, 339
Creech St Michael, 329, 330*
Crewkerne, 332, 338*
Crisp, -, Rev. 383
Crocker, Ann, 418*, 432
Elizabeth, 418
Mary, 418
Samuel, 418
William, 418*
Cromwell, Oliver, 309
Crook, John, 368
Cross, Bettv, 434
Charles Thomas, 421
Harriet, Harriot, 421, 422,
423
John, 421, 422, 423
Mary. 436
Samuel James, 422
Simon, 428
William John, 423
Cruse Morehead, Devon, 323
Cuff, Anna Maria, 378
Catherine de Courcy Sims,
378
Downing Hosch, 378, 417, 430
Elizabeth Downing, 378, 418
Ellen, 378
Rev. John Harcombe, 311,
315", 350, 357, 376-91 (bio-
graphy), 395, 396, 398, 405,
413, 415*, 416*. 417, 418 , 419,
420, 421, 422, 430, 435*
John Harcombe, son of pre-
ceding, 377. 339, 415
Joshua, 377
Joshua Harcombe, 414
Julia, 378
Martha Stark. 414
Phoebe, 378, 422
Richard Parmintcr, 377, 379,
389, 395, 416
Robert Cade. 378, 416
Sarah, 357, 377, 398, 415, 416*,
417, 418*, 419, 420, 421, 422,
430
Sarah Anne, 377
Sarah Downing, 414
Sarah Hosch, 378, 420
Sophia (aft. Mrs. Edward
Miller), 312, 356, 378, 380,
391, 393, 421
Thomas Jarman, 378, 395,
419
W illiain Hosch, 378, 418
Cullompton [Collumpton],
Devon, 330. 344
Culme, Mrs. 384
Culmstock, 324
Curram, Curron, Currum.
See Coram
Cushing, Caleb, Hist, ofNeic-
buryport, quoted, 363
Cutler, — , printer, 399
Dale, R. W. Hist, of Congre-
gationalism, 327
Dare, Edward, 425
Darracott, family, of Bide-
ford, 341
Hannah, 341
John, 342
Katherine, 348, 350, 351, 352*
Richard, 341, 342, 352
Risdon, 311, 314, 340, 341-353
(biography), &56, 358, 360,
395, 398
Daventry, 338, 352
Davey, Charles, 422, 423
Hannah, 422, 423
Samuel, 422
Sarah, 423
Davie, R. solicitor, 392~, 395
Davis, Mr. 383
Chapman, 384*
Joan, 412
John C. 391
Martha, 412
William, 412
Davison, Elizabeth, 400
Portas Hewart, 311, 316, 399,
400
Day, Robert, 355
' Declaration of Indulgence '
of 1672, 313, 324*, 325, 326,
327, 330, 333
licences issued under, 327
' Declaration of Indulgence '
of 1687, 313, 332, 334
Dening, Henry, 404
Geraldine, She spake of
Him, 404
Densham (W.) and Ogle (J.),
Congregational Church-
es of Dorset, 341,349, 357,
361, 394
Devizes, 319*, 321
Devonshire, 330
Dewhurst, — , Rev. 394
Dictionary of National Bio-
graphy, 342, 352, 353, 375
Doaram. See Doram
Doddridge, Dorothie, 342
Philip, 311, 337*, 338, 339. 342*,
344, 345, 348, 351, 354, 359
Richard, 342
Domett [Dummett], Betty, 408
Thomas, 408
Doram [Doaram, Dorom],
Edward, 407, 408
John, 406
Mary, 406, 407, 408
Thomas, 406, 407
William, 408
Dorchester, 321
gaol, 335
Downing, Miss, of Cotley,
Devon, 338
Drake, Robert, 310, 313, 323, 325,
328
Dronfield, Derbyshire, 400
Drover, Rev. J. C. 394
Dulverton, 323, 325
Dummett. See Domett
Dunsford, Mr. 336
Dyke, Hannah, 409
John, 409
Richard, 409
Dyrham, Gloucestershire, 364
Ebden [Ebdens],
Amelia, 415*, 416, 418"
Jane, 416
John, 415, 433*
Joseph, 418
441
I Ebden [Ebdens], cont. :
Mary, 415, 433
Mellinor, 433*
Robert, 418
Thomas, 415', 416, 413
William, 415
Edinburgh. 351
University of, 393
Education Bill, petition on,
384
Edwards, Eliza, 421
Elizabeth, 121
John, 334
Thomas, 421
Eglesfield, Francis, 331
Elliot, E. 369
Elworthy, Som. 325
Elworthy, Mr3. 399
P. J. 399
England, John Giles' dis-
courses against, 363-4
English Presbyterian, quoted,
334
Episcopal Returns for 1665,
326
Episcopal Returns for 1669,
317, 318, 323, 324*, 325*,
326*. 330, 333
Erlebach, Rev. R. P. 399
Essex, Earl, of, 329
Evangelical Magazine, 352,
333" , 362, 367, 368*, 370,
371, 372, 373, 375, 376, 379,
380, 391, 394
Evans, Ellen, 378
John, State of Nonconform-
ity, 340
Robert, child of, 427
Eveleigh, Betty, 434
Charles, 421
Elizabeth, 409*, 434, 436
John, 421
Richard, 409, 432, 434
Susan, 421
Thomas, 428
William, 436
Every, John, 387
Exeter [Exon], 324, 334, 336, 344,
370, 378, 423"
Independent Church, 362
prison, 362
St. Sidwell's, 377, 423*
Faccombe, Hampshire, 402
Fackrell, child, 426
Elizabeth, 430
James, 411*, 413, 434
Jane Ann, 413
Mary, 411, 425, 427, 434
Sarah, 413, 427
Falmouth, 348, 369
Farnham, Surrey, 402
Farthing Pitts, 428
Fawcett, Benjamin. 314*, 344,
348*, 351*, 353, 356*
his Candid Reflections, 359,
360
Append, to Candid Reflec-
tions, 348, 358
Fay, Mary, 432
William, 432
Field, Henry. 337
Jeremiah, 314, 353, 395
John, 422
Martha. 422
Myra Jane, 42*2
li
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Firth, C. H. 330
Fisher, Mr. 337
Five Houses, 379
4 Five Mile Act,' 313, 319
Fletcher, — , Miss, 373
J. W. 369
Ford Street Chapel, 315, 379,
385
Fore Street, 316, 340, 385, 389,
395, 397, 398
Foster, J oseph, A lumni
Oxonienses, quoted, 323,
324, 325, 329, 331
Fouracre, a child, 428
Amos, 417, 429, 436
Ann, 411, 423, 428
Caroline, 421
Daniel, 430
Eli, 420
Elizabeth, 418
James, 414, 418, 421, 423, 436
John, 416*, 417*, 420* 421*,
423, 427, 430, 433
Mallenar, 408
Maria, 423
Martha, 411*, 414, 436*
Mary, 416, 417*, 418, 420*,
421*, 423, 429, 430, 433, 436*
Mary Ann, 433
Philip, 417, 429
Samuel, 411*, 414, 421, 423,
425, 427, 430, 436*
Susanna, 408, 432
William, 430
Fox, Mr. 315, 386
Charles, 381
Henry, 395, 396*
J. Howard, 404
Silvanus, 383
Franks, Sarah, 433
Freek, Elizabeth, 422, 423
G. T. 396
George, 422, 423
George Thomas, 422
Philemon, 423
Thomas, 391
Freeman, Jon. Jos., 373*
Mrs. 373
French, John, 354, 389
Froast. See Frost
Frost [Froast]
Ann, 410
Jane, 406
Joan, 425
John, 409, 410
Susanna, 409, 410
Thomas, 406*, 431
William, 409, 425
Fry, — farmer, 346
Ann, 417, 418, 435
Charles, 418
Deborah, 432
Edward, 388
Elizabeth, 419, 421*, 133
Elizabeth Downing, 378
Hannah, 407*
Honour, 407"
James, 407*, 417*, 418
John, 378, 407, 419, 421, 428
Mary, 419
Nicholas, 407*
Robert, 426, 435
Susannah, 407
William, 407, 433
Fullands, 321
Fulwood, near Taunton, 337,
352*, 377
* Fund Board ' at London.
See Congregational Fund
Board
Furze, Ann, 413
Anna, 436
Betty, 412
Elizabeth, 409, 412, 413, 414
James, 412
Joan, 436
John, 371*, 385, 386*, 388*,
409,436*
Richard, 386, 388, 389, 390*,
412
Robert, 389, 409, 412*, 413,
414*, 425, 436
Furzeland, Joan, 431
Nanny, 433
Gainsborough, 369
Gammon, Rev. William, 384
Gardner [Gardener], John,
310, 313, 323, 325, 326
Gas, first use of, for lighting
the town of Wellington,
382
Gentleman's Magazine, 354
Gifford [Giffard), Miss, 346
James, 313, 335, 346
William, 340, 390
Giles [Gyles, Jiles
a child, 426
Ann, 418, 419
Betsy, 418
Edward, 410, 411
Elizabeth, 426
Hannah, 418*, 431
Henry, 410
James, 411, 418*, 419
Jane, 362, 406*, 407
Jemima, 362, 406
John, 311, 361-4, 367, 396, 405,
406*, 407, 408
Mary, 410, 411
Mira Ann, 362, 407
Narcissa, 362, 406
Peach, 362, 406
Robert, 404
William. 355, 356, 371, 419
Gillard [Gillerd], Ann, 414
Hannah, 414, 415, 416
John, 414, 415*, 416*, 432
Gillies, Rev. John, 351
Gilman, J. 363
W. 363
Glass, Amey, 433
Ann, 410, 411, 412*; 413*, 414*,
415*, 416, 417* 418, 423*.
426, 430, 434, 436
Benjamin, 405, 411, 412*,
413*, 415*, 417*, 418, 423,
430, 433, 434, 436*
Betty. See Elizabeth
Charles, 418
Charlotte, 433
Daniel, 414
E. 426
Eliza. 420, 434
Elizabeth, or Betty, 405, 410,
419*, 434, 436.
Hannah, 412, 417, 419
James, 414, 417, 434, 436
Jane, 413, 415
John, 405*, 415. 419*, 431,
434, 436
Louisa, 423
Maria, 416, 433
Glass (cont.) :
Mary, 405, 411, 415, 431, 436
Mary Ann, 420
Mathew, 427
Melenor, Millenor, 420*. 434
Robert, 433, 434
Samuel, 405
Sarah, 434
Thomas, 410, 412, 414^, 415,
419, 432
Uriah, 433
William, 413, 415, 416,420*,
423, 430, 434*
Glastonbury, 330, 376
Goff, Ann, 412, 419
Elizabeth, 423
James, 412
John, 421
Maria, 421, 422
Sarah, 419, 422, 423
William, 412, 419, 421, 422, 423
Gold. See Gould
Golden, Thomas, 412
Golding, Mr., of Fulwood, 377
Gonson. See Johnson
Gore, Betty, 432
Goring, George, 336
Gosnell, James, 312
Gosport, 376
Goswell, John, 334
Gould [Gold], Betty, 419. 432,
433
James, 419, 432
John, 419, 432, 433
Grand, Rev. rector of Dyrham,
364
Granger, Robert, 350
Grateful Acknowledgment to
Charles II. 324*, 326
Greedy, Betty, 425, 431
Jane, 426
John, 425
Green, Emanuel, Bibliotheca
Somersetensis, 353
Sarah, 428
Greenslade, Betty, 413
John, 413*, 425*
Gregory, Ann, 412, 436
Bettv. See Elizabeth
Eliza, 418
Elizabeth, or Betty, 412, 431
George, 436
Hannah, 418, 423
John, 412, 436
Mary Ann, 423
William, 418, 423
Grey, Enoch, 331
Griffin, Rev. J. 376
Griffith, Rev. W. H. 393
Griffiths, D. 373
Grove, Mr. 357
Guernsey, Elizabeth College
in, 393
St. Peter's, 402
Gunn,— , Mr. of Bishop's Hull,
377
Guyer, Rev. T. S. 376
Gyles. See Giles
Hadderidge [Haddridge,
Hardridge], James, 310,
313, 323, 326
Haddon, a child, 425*
Charles, 398
Charles James, 424*
Elizabeth, 422, 424, 434
142
/
INDEX
Haddon (cont.) :
Hannah, 424*
Isaac Deacon, 371", 385, 386,
389, 434, 436
J. 396
James, 422
John, 392
Sarah, 434, 436
Susan, 422
Thomas Deacon, 424
Halberton, Devon, 326"
Halkett and Laing, Diet, of
A nonymo us Lit era ture,
331
Hallett [Hallet]
Ane, Ann, Anne, 406, 107,
409, 410*
Benjamin, 407*
Hannah, 436
Henry, 407
Joan, 407*
John, 386, 387, 406, 407", 409,
410, 436
Joseph, 386, 387, 436
Marv, 407, 409
Robert, 406
Hallick, Hannah, 436
Luke, 436*
Hammond, George, pastor of
Paul St. Chapel, Taun-
ton, 336
Walter, 336
Handfast, Richard, 356
Harcombe, a lad, 391-2
Elizabeth, 420, 421, 422, 423
Elizabeth Ann, 423
James Clarke, 422
Jane Symmonds, 421
John, 420, 421, 422, 423
John Edford, 420
Hardingstone, near North-
ampton, 342
Hardridge. See Hadderidge
Hardy, C. 428
Charles, 417
Henry, 417*, 419
John, 417
Lydia, 414
Mary, 417*, 419
Sarah, 419
William, 414*
Harrington, William, 368, 369,
408
Harris, Henry, 435
Mary, 435
Mary Ann, 435
Sarah, 432
Harter, Maria, 433
Mary, 433
Samuel, 433
Hartnell, James, 389
Mary, 389
Harvey |Havery], Betty. See
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, or Betty, 413, 414,
416, 417, 418, 420*, 430, 436
James, 391
John, 413, 414*, 416, 417, 418,
420, 430, 436
Mary, 418, 430
Robert, 417
Susan, 413
Susanna, 436
William, 416
Harwood, Rev. W. Hardy, 403,
404
Haverhill, 401
INDEPENDENT
Ha very. See Harvey
Haweis, — , Dr. 351
Hawkings, Mr. ?83
Haydon, Dorset, 349
Hayward, Samuel, 352
Hay wards (a road), 385
Headebourk, Mr. 429
Hemyock, 371
Herdsman, Richard, 368*, 370,
411
Hervey, James, 342 , 351
He wings, John 435
Sarah, 435
Hewish, Somerset, 325
Hewish, William, 425. 434
Hey, - , Rev. of Bristol, 370
Hickman, Jane, 105
Mary, 405
William, 405
High Street, 400
Hill. Mr. 399
Ann, 421*
Betty, 421
Guy, 325
James, 421, 434*
John, 310, 313, 323, 325, 421*
Mary, 421, 434"
Sarah, 356
Susan, 421
William, 421
Hill Bishops. See Bishops
Hull
Hillfarrance, 324
Hitchcock, Philip, 432
Hodge, Bridget, 432
Matthew, 383, 384, 385*, 391
Holland, John, 411*
Mary, 411
Holley, Dorothy, 413*, 416*,
430
Eliza, 413
Elizabeth, 419
Hannah, 416, 430
James, 419
Jane, 413
John, 388, 413*, 416*, 430
Mary Ann, 416
Sarah, 413, 419
Holme, Sir Leonard W. T.,
374
Holt, Wiltshire, 402
Holway, near Taunton, 338
Holywell Lake, 435
Honiton, Devon, 334*, 338, 354
Hooker, Mr. 398
T. E. 396
Hooper, Geraldine, She
Spake of Him, 404.
Hopkins, R. 371
Horsey, Mr. 381, 384*, 385
Hosch, Sarah, 429
Hoskins, Mr. 381
Howard, E. T. architect, 403
Howe [How], 426
Betty. See Elizabeth
Charlotte, 416
Elizabeth, or Betty, 416, 422
Harriet, 417
James, 413*
Jane, 416
John, 410, 412, 415*, 416*, 417,
418, 422, 430
Mary, 410*, 412, 413, 415*,
416*, 417, 418
Mary Ann, 415, 428
Robert, 412, 415, 422
Sarah, 415
443
HISTORY.
Howson, Mary, 321
Hughes, — , Rev. &56
Hull, Yorkshire, 399
Humphreys, Rev. G. W. 394,
399
Humbert, William, 411, 412
Hunter, Joseph, Britannia
Puritanica, 341, 352
Memoirs for a History of
Protestant Dissenter*,
352,354
Huntingdon, Selina.Counte.^
of, 347, 352, 361
Hurford, H. 427
Thomas, 350
Hurley, Betty, 429
Thomas, 389*, 390"
Hurter, John, 431*
Sarah, 431*
Hutchings, Ann, 418
John, 418, 420
Rebekah, 418, 420*
Huxham, Devon, 323
Ilchester [Ivelchester], gaol,
319, 320, 321
Ilminster, 329, 356, 398
Independent Fund in Lon-
don. See Congregational
Fund Board
India, 372
Independents, afterwards
Congregationalists. See
Congregationalists
Indian Plague, prayers and
fast days for, 381
Indies, West, Negro Appren-
ticeship, 383
Ingram, John, 435
Michae[, 435
Isle of Wight Bible Society,
372
Ivelchester. See Ilchester
James II. King, 313
James, T. S. Hist, of Presby-
terian Chapels, 337, 34U,
341
Jarman, Elizabeth, 338
Hannah, 338
Jarratt, Rev. Robert, 362, 381,
383, 384
Java, 372
Jefferies, Nanny, 431
Jenkins, Abraham, 415, 416*,
428, 434
Ann, 416
Betty. -See Elizabeth
David, 430
Elijah, 417, 420, 430, 432, 434
Eliza, 416
Elizabeth, or Betty. 416. 417
430
George Brice, 420
Hannah, 431, 433
James, 416*, 417, 430*
Jane. 420, 430, 432'
Joan, 415, 417
John, 430, 432, 433*
Mary, 416, 427. 430, 433*
Sarah, 387, 416*, 426, 434
Sidwell, 436
William, 415, 417
Jennings, Dr. David, 354
Jersey, 393
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Jewell [Jewel], Ann, 427
Edward, 431
Mary Ann, 431
William, 425
Jiles. See Giles
Job, Hannah. 406
John, 406
Mary, 406*
Richard, 406, 433
Sarah, 406, 428
Johns, Mr. and Mrs. 373
D. 373
Johnson [Gonson], Alfred, 421
Charles, 423
Eliza, 419
James, 415, 419
John, 419
Mary, 423
Samuel, 419
Sarah, 415, 419*, 421
Susannah, 419
William, 353, 395, 415, 419\
421, 423
William W. S. 312
Jones, Mrs. 373, 383
Rev. of Plymouth Dock. 370
D. 373
E. Rev. 396, 398
Elizabeth, 433
Emma, 424
Jane, 433
John, 383, 385
Maria, 424
Rev. Sydney J. 404
Thomas, 424
William, 433
Jordan [Jourdan], Eliza, 429
Jane, 430
John, 435
Mary, 409*
Obed, 409*
Robert, 409, 429
Rosa, 434, 435
Samuel, 429
William, 434, 435
Jourdan. See Jordan
Joyce, Rev. George William,
311, 312, 316, 332 % 333, 340,
355, 379, 384, 386, 391, 394,
399, 400, 401, 402-4 (bio-
graphy)
Jurson, otherwise Jurdaston,
manor of, 355, 371
Keats, Ann, 436*
William, 436
Kerbey [Kirby], Mary, 360
William, 360
Kerswall, Sarah, 433
Thomas, 435
Kettering, 361
Kidderminster, 314, 338, 348%
351*, 356, 358
King, Mr. 370
Dorothy, 429
Kingdom, Mrs. 428
Kinglake, William, 385, 38G
Kingsbridge, 400
Kinsman, Andrew, 353
Kirby. See Kerbey
Kirkup, — , Rev. 357
Knight, Mr. 403
Mr. and son, 403
Ann, 422
Eliza, 421
Jane, 421, 422
Samuel, 421, 422
Knot. SeeNott
L., I. 331
Lacroix, Miss, 402
Rev. A. F. 402
Lambe, Thomas, 331
Lambeth Palace Library, 323
Lancashire College, 391
Lane, Ane, Ann, Anne, 407,
420, 421, 434, 435
Anna, 371
B. 425
Elizabeth, 421
F. 396
Grace, 409
James, 355*, 409, 434
John, 431
Robert, 407, 435, 436
Susan, 420
Thomas, 409, 420, 421, 434
William, 407
Lang, Ann, 412, 422, 423
George, 422, 423
James, 423
John, 412*, 422
Langford. near Wellington,
343, 379
Langport, Som. 337
Langridge, near Bath, 325
Lapthorne [Lapthornl,
Ann, 435*
Elizabeth, 408, 412, 416
George, 405, 407, 408, 410*,
430, 434, 435
Hannah, 412, 414, 415, 416,
417, 419*. 432
James, 405, 406, 412, 435
Jane, 406, 415, 432
John, 412*, 414, 415, 416, 417,
419*, 428, 432
Maria, 410
Mary, 405, 406, 407, 408, 410*,
412, 419, 421*, 423, 424. 435
Philip, 417, 434
Robert, 410, 432*, 435*
Sarah, 414, 429, 430, 432, 435
Susanna Baker, 430
Susannah, 419
Thomas, 407
William, 410, 421*,423, 424,435*
Latty, Anna, 427*
Elizabeth, 427*
John, 427 (mural tablet)
Laud^William, Archbishop,
Lavington, John, 349
Lean, James, 355*, 356
John, 371*, 385, 386, 399
Le Couteur, Rev. James, 311,
316, 393-99 (biography)
Historical Records of the
Congregational Church,
395-6 ; quoted, 335, 340, 344,
353, 354, 356, 361, 364, 375
Leeward Islands, 372
Lewis, Rev. William, 311, 315,
375, 396, 410, 411
Linnington, Elizabeth, 405*,
406% 409
Jane Jarmin, 406
Molly, 405
Samuel, 405*. 406*, 409*
Sarah, 405
William, 405
Lisbon, 348
Liscard, Cheshire, 394
Little Baddow, Essex, 331
Litton, Dorset, 338
Lock, Daniel, 310*, 313*, 320,
323*, 328*, 330
London, 329, 369, 372, 397. 398,
402
Angel in Paul's Church-
yard, 330
Artillery Court, 359
Camber well Green, 400
The Crane in Paul's Church-
yard, 331
Bridge Street, 370
British Museum, 322, 329,
330, 331, 340, 341, 342, 352,
354, 355, 375
Church Lane, 370
Dr. Williams's Library, 340,
354 355* 361
Hackney College, 401, 402
Hampstead, 378
Hoxton Academy, 370
Junction Road Chapel, 378
Kensington, 389
Little Eastcheap, 370
Public Record Office, 355,
371, 375, 386-91
Red Cross St. Library, 351
Royal Academy, 378
Somerset House, 405
Wandsworth, 400
Westminster, 371
London Christian Instructor,
375
London Gazette, 385, 398, 401
London Missionary Society,
372, 375, 396, 402*
Londonderry, New Hamp-
shire, 364
Long [Longe], Ann, 436
Elizabeth, 329, 413
George, 436
Isaac, 413
James, 413
John, 428, 436
Joseph, 430, 431
Maria, 430
Sarah, 430
Longacre otherwise Rowes
Acre. See Rowes Acre
Longforth, Wellington, 377
Lords, House of, rejected the
Commons Bill that gave
relief from the Thirty-
nine articles, 354
Lovell, Betty, 420
Hannah. 417, 418, 420, 434*
John, 417, 418, 420, 434*
Mary, 417, 434
Robert, 418, 434
Luke, Mr. 383
Lutley, Edward, 347
Lyddon, Richard, 387, 388, 389
Lyme, 370
Lynton, Devon, 390
Macdonnald, Thomas Mar-
shall, 428
Macey, Mr. 397
McGowan, Arian and Soci-
nian Monitor, 376
McMillan, Rev. A. 397, 398
Madagascar, 372, 373, 383, 396
Maddon, J. D. 372, 410
Maderick [Madrick, Maitrick]
Betty, 417
Elizabeth, 414
INDEX TO INDEPENDENT HISTORY.
Maderick [Madrick, Maitrick]
(cont.) :
John, 417
John Coles, 414, 426
Richard, 417, 429
Madras. India, 402
Maitrick. See Maderick
Mallack, John, 319, 321*
Mallett, Joseph, 387
Manfleld. See Mansfield
Manley, Joan, 412
Thomas, 412
William, 412
Mann, Lucy, 387
Mansfield [Manfield]
Ane, Ann, 405, 406, 407*, 408,
409
George, 405, 406, 407', 408,
409, 429
James, 407
John, 405
Mary, 406
Moses, 407
Thomas, 409
Mantle Street, trust deeds
concerning property in,
and the Congregation-
alists, 315*, 316, 386-7,390
Mar, widow, 310, 320, 323*
Marks, Miss, of Chard, 338
Mr. of Chard, 338
Hannah, 430
Mary Powell, 430
Robert, 430
Susanna, 430
Thomas, 430
William, 430
Marsh, Ann, 431
Mary, 431
Marshall, Ann, 414, 415*. 418%
424, 431
Betty, 429
Edward, 418
H. 427
Hannah, 434
Jane, 418
M. 337
Mary, 424
Thomas, 337, 414, 415, 418%
431, 434
William, 424, 425, 431
William Syle, 414
Martin [Marting]
Betty. See Elizabeth
Charlotte, 422
Elizabeth, or Betty, 405, 406.
407
Hannah, 406
James, 428*
Jane, 422*
John, 422*
Mary, 405, 422
Robert, 422
Sarah, 407
Thomas, 405, 406, 407
Martock, Som. 368 , 371
Mary Tavy, Devon, 323
Massey, John, 430
Masters, Rev. Henry, 329
Mauritius, 372
May, Rev. — , 382, 385
Meare, Mare orMeire family,
320
Meredith, Agnes, 390
Christopher, 331
Methodist Chapel, 382
Mevagissey, Cornwall, 402
Michell, E. Lee, 404
Mico, John, 336
Mary, 336, 337
Middleton, Lancashire, 393
Milborne Port, 349
Miller, E. 396
Edward, 378
Sophia. See CufF
Mimms, Middlesex. 329
Mirzaporc, India, 402
Mitcham, 402
Mogford, Ann, 409, 410
Mary Ann, 409
William, 409, 410*
Molton, South, Devon. 342
Monckton, West, 324, 32o ,
326, 330
Monmouth, Duke of, 309, 335',
336
Monmouth Rebellion, 311, 313,
332
Maids of Taunton, 335, 336
Montgomery, James, Jour-
nal of Voyages, etc.
quoted, 372, 373, 375
Monthly Repository, 333, 338,
354, 357, 361
Moore, Mr. of Bridgwater, 361
Ann, 426
Moramanga, Madagascar, 373
Morden, Surrey, 393
Morin [Morren] Rev. J. W.
368, 370
Morrison, Rev. William, 364
Mozley, Henry, 369
Mullens, Mrs. 402
Mullet, Edward, 390
Murch, J. Hist, of Presby-
terian Churches quoted,
333
Musgrave, Mrs. 335
Hester, 338
John, 340, 390
Napoleon I. 363
Nation, Abraham, 428
Ann, 432
Neal [Neale] Daniel, 345
Nathaniel, 345
William, 427
Neath, Joseph, 390
Needs, Jane, 436
Thomas, 436
Negro Apprenticeship,
thanksgiving day, 383
Newburyport, Mass. 362, 363
New Green, 430
Newington, North, Wilts, 325
Newland, Rev. J. M. 403
Newport, Isle of Wight, 374%
396
Node Hill Independent
Church, 372
New South Wales, 372
Newton, Rev. George, 319.
320, 322, 323
John, 331
Newton Abbot, 325
Newton Ferrers, Devon. 325
New Zealand, 372
Nonconformist Meetings,
known as ' seditious as-
semblies,' 317
Nonconformist Ministers,
combination of ejected
ministers for working
certain districts, 318
Norman, family of, 320, 321
C 396
John, 310, 313, 320% 321', 328%
330
Northampton, 338', 341, 342,
354
Nott IKnot] John, 31 5, 316, 386,
388, 398
Roger, 395
S. 425
Nunford, Nicholas, daughter
of, 429
Nynehead, 334, £35
East, Congregational Chap-
el, 315, 379, 384
Oatway, George, 409
Hannah, 409
Sarah, 409
Oland, farmer, 346
Old Court House, 310, 321
divided into several houses,
339
Presbyterian Meeting
house, 313, 320, 328*, 330, 339
Old Way, 436
Oliver, G. Hist, of Exeter, 362
Orton, Rev. Job, 356
Osmotherly, Yorkshire, Clack
Farm, 369
Ottery, 324
Ottery St. Mary, 349
Oundle, 361*, 396
Owen, Samuel, 429
Oxenham, John, 386
Oxford, Brasenose College. 324
Lincoln College, 319, 324
Magdalen College, 323
New Inn Hall, 325
Pembroke College, 325
Wadham College, 329
P., T. 330
Padley, Hannah, 430
Jemima Pope, 430
Thomas, 430
Page, Sarah, 432
Paine. See Payne
Palk, or Palke, Mr. 342
Palmer, Betty, 405
Samuel, 331
Sarah, 405
William, 405
Parish, Rev. Thomas, 311,
314*, 364-69 (biography).
396
Parkhouse, dau. of, 430
Parminter, — , an attorney. 354
Andrew, 354
Elizabeth, 350, 356, 395
Rev. Richard, 314*. 348, 350.
354-57, 367, 377, 395
Sarah, 350. 357, 377
Parrill, Marv Ann, 430
Thomasin, 430
William, 430
Parsons, Ann, 416, 430. 436*
Betsy, Bett y . See Elizabet h
E. 396
Elizabeth, Betsy, Betty, 408,
410*, 411% 412, 413*. 414.
416*, 430
Henry, 411
J. 426
James, 408 \ 409
Jane, 414
443
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Parsons (cont.) :
Joannah, 408*. 409
John, 408, 410, 426
Joseph, 430
Mary, 409, 426, 428, 431
Mary Ann, 410
Philip, 409% 410*, 411*, 412*,
413, 414, 416*, 430
Robert, 408, 409, 416, 430
Sarah, 408, 409, 428, 430
William, 350, 408, 412, 436
Paul, James, 434
Jane, 434
Mary, 434
William, 377
Payne [Paine], Rev. Dr. 379
Rev. G. 391
Thomas, 364
W. 396
Walter, 328
Peachey, D. A. Mary Blake's
Lovers, quoted, 336
Peai-d, Miss, 351
Oliver, 351
Pearsall, Mr. 338
Rev. Richard, 347
Pearse, Jane, 387
John, 390
Thomas, 340, 390
Penny, Eliza, 418
James, 436
Susan, 418, 436
Thomas, 418
Penzance, Market Jew Street
Chapel, 342
Penzance Congregational
Magazine, 353
Perry, Ann, 409, 410
F. J. 398
Hannah, 420
Henry, 409, 417, 419, 420*, 422,
434
Hugh, 347
James, 310, 314, 340*, 390, 395,
409*, 417
Jane, 417, 419, 420*, 422, 434
John, 407*, 419
Margaret Eveleigh, 417
Mary, 407, 409*, 411
Mary Ann, 420, 434
Sarah, 410, 411
Thomas, 410, 411
William, 422
Petherton, South, 348, 357, 367,
368, 370, 411
Philips [Phillips],
Ann, 430
James, 433
John, 430
M. 426
Philips Well. 429, 435
Philo Vectis, 374
Pine. See Pyne
Pitminster, 323, 325, 333, 336, 395
Pittard, S. R. 368, 370, 371
Plaice, Edward, 431
Pleas, Edward, 408*
Joan, 408*
Leah, 408
Mary, 408
William, 408
Plymouth, 346, 347 "
Dock, 370
Plymouth Brethren, first
meeting in the Town
Hall, 383
Pollard, Mr. architect, 396, 398
Poole, Rev. J. 396
James, 434*
Rev. John, 391
Mary, 434
Poor, the, of Wellington, sub-
scription raised for, 349
Pope, Ann, 433*
F. 429
George, 433
Hannah, 431
James, 431, 432, 433. 434
Jemima (?Padley), 430
Thomas, 431, 433
Portishead, 378
Portsea, Independent Church,
376
Portsmouth, Presby terian
Meeting at, 375
Potter, Ann, 409
Jane, 409, 410*, 427, 431
John, 409, 410*
Robert, 412
Sarah, 410
Poundsford Park, 392
Powell [Powel, Powels]
Miss, 383, 385
Betty, Betsy. See Elizabeth
Caroline, 423
Eliza, 420
Elizabeth, Betty, Betsy,418%
420, 421, 430, 432
Hannah, 406*, 407, 427
Harriott, 423
James, 407, 422, 423
Jane, 418
John, 423
Marj', 422, 430*
Susan, 422, 423
Thomas, 421, 428
William, 406, 418% 420, 421,
423, 430, 432, 434
Powicke, F. J. Cheshire Co.
Union of Cong.
Churches, quoted, 394
Presbyterians, afterwards
Congregationalists. See
Congregationalists
Preston, 393
Prickman, Mrs. 426
William, 315, 369, 371% 372
Prideaux, Mr. 383
Wm. D. 371
Prlng, Ann, 387, 412, 413
Benjamin, 427
Eliza, 414
Hannah, 435
Henry, 431*
J. 396
John, 386, 388, 389, 390% 399.
413, 414, 429, 435
Mary, 431
Rebekah, 431
Ruth Palmer, 435
Sarah, 413, 414, 429
Sarah Wright, 429
Thomas, 412, 427
William. 412, 425, 43 J
Procter, Elizabeth Jane. 123
Louisa Fanny, 123
William, 423
Protestant Dissenters' 21 la <ia ■
zine, 332, 335, 337, 338, 352
Public Record Office. See
London
Puke, Dorothy, 429
Pulsford, Ann, Anne, 406*,
408, 409% 410, 417
446
Pulsford (cont.) :
Anna, 423
Betty. -Sec Elizabeth
Edward, 409
Elizabeth, Betty. 406*, 407*,
409*, 410, 414*, 416*, 417, 418,
420, 421, 422, 424
George, 410
Hannah, 414
James, 406*, 408, 409, 410
Jane, 406, 408, 409, 416
John, 406, 413, 418, 432
John William, 399
Lydia, 413, 432
Mary, 413, 416, 421% 422, 423,
427
Robert, 403
Sarah, 421, 429
Susan, 420, 425
Thomas, 408, 410, 421% 422, 423
William, 369, 383, 389, 406*.
407, 408. 409*, 410, 414*, 416%
417, 418, 420, 421*, 424% 426,
432
Pye, Sir Robert, 329
Pyne [Pine],
Mr. 382, 384
Abraham, 409*, 410*, 411, 412,
413, 417
Ann, Anne, 407, 409*, 410, 411*,
412% 413, 415, 416, 417% 419*,
420, 423, 434
Anna, 415, 417*, 418*
Betty, Betsy. See Elizabeth
Caroline, 417
Charles, 409, 415, 430
Elizabeth, Betty, Betsy. 409.
411, 414, 415, 416*, 419, 423
Esther, 422
Grace Palmer, 409
Hannah, 410*, 415, 435
Henry, 416, 417*, 430
Henry Hall Palmer, 416
Isaac, 412, 413, 414, 416
J. 425
James, 415, 416, 417*, 428;
child of, 429
Jane, 417
John, 369, 407*, 409, 413, 416,
420, 435
John Collard, 417
Joseph, 355, 356, 369, 371, 406.
407% 418*. 419, 420, 421, 422,
434, 435
Joseph John, 418
Maria, 411, 414, 423
Martha, 413, 423
Mary, 409, 412, 413, 414, 416,
417, 421, 435
Mary Ann, 417
Mary Collard, 391, 417
Patience. 427. 435
Rachel, 410
Robert, 314, 346, 317 % 350, 412,
421% 423, 436
Sarah, Sally, 406% 407*. 411,
416\ 417, 428% 430
Sarah Bond, 407
Susan, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422.
435
Susannah, 412*
Thirza, 435
Thirza Baker, 421
Thomas, 410*, 416, 417, 127,
430 434
William, 411, 412, 414, 115,
416*, 417, 419, 420, 423, 434
INDEX
Pyne [Pine], (cont.) :
William Collard, 386. 387, 388,
389*, 390*, 407, 415*, 417J,
418*, 429
William Mogford, 420 *
Quick, Mm 426
Rev. H. 391
James, 426
Rait, R. S. 330
Raw, Hannah, 407
Isaac. 407
Read, S. 337, 427
Reader, Rev. Thomas, 358,359
Reading, 352
Reynolds' Compassionate
Address, 350
Rich, Elizabeth, 373
Richards, Eliza, 418*, 419. 420,
421
Emma Joan, 418
Jane, 419, 421, 422 , 423, 435*
John, 420, 421, 422 ', 423' , 435
Mary, 433, 435
Mary Ann, 422
Sarah, 422
Thomas, 418*, 420
William, 419
Richmond, Legh, Rev. 374
Risdon family, of Bideford,
341
Hannah, 341 v
Philip, 341
Roast. See Roost
Roberts, Ann, 411
George, Life of the Duke of
Monmouth, 335
Mary, 411*
Rebecca, 411
William, 411*
Robin's Close, 404
Rockwell Green [Roe, Row or
Rogue's Green], 343, 379,
383, 430, 433, 434, 436*
Rodham, Thomas, 390
William, 387, 390
Roe Green. See Rockwell
Green
Rogers, Christopher, 339
Elizabeth, 416
Henry, 430
James, 417
Jane, 416, 417, 435
William, 416, 417, 430, 435
Rogers' house, 339
Rogue's Green. See Rock-
well Green
Romsey, Hants. 352*
Rooker, Mr. 354, 356, 357, 358*
S. 370
William. 370
Roost [Roast],
Charles, 414
George, 417
James, 417
John, 414, 417*, 418, 419% 420,
433
Joseph, 420, 433
Mary, 417
Sarah, 414, 417*, 418*, 419,
420, 433
Rotherham College, 399
Rowbarton, 336*
TO INDEPENDENT
Rowe [Row], 428
Hester, 336
John, 347
Rowe's Acre, or Long Acre,
347
Rowgreen. See Rockwell
Green
Rowland, Mr. 384
Ruishton, Somerset, 330
Runnington, Som. 355, 371
Rusher, J. 352
Russell [Russel], Jane, 430
John, 415, 427, 428
Mary, 415
Robert, 415
Rutter, Betty, 425
Lydia, 433
AVilliam, 431, 433
Ryde, Isle of Wight, 376
S., M. 330
Sabbath breaking, Darracott's
efforts to suppress, 350
St. Austell, Cornwall, 402
St. John's Church. See Church
of Wellington
St. Malo, France, 393
Salter, Charles, 424
Grace, 424
John, 389
Robert, 424
Sampford Brett, Som. 386, 388
Sandwich Islands, 372
Sandy Lane, 383
Saturley, Charles, 423
Elizabeth, 420, 423% 436
James, 436
John, 420*, 423
Sarah, 423
Thomas, 436
Saunders, Rev. Richard, 334
Sawyer, Herbert, Rear Ad-
miral, 361
Scott, Ann Sophia Russel, 420
Mary Ann, 419, 420
Mary Downing, 419
Robert, 419, 420
Searle [Searl, Serle, Serrel].
Elizabeth, 414
Henry, 416
Jane, 412, 413. 414, 416, 430
Mary, 412*
Thomas, 413, 430
William, 412*, 413, 414, 416.
427 ; child of, 427
Selwood, James, 421, 422, 436
Sarah, 421*, 422*, 436
Serle. See Searle
Serrel. See Searle
Shapland, Mrs. 399
C. W. 404
Sharland, Charles, 418
F. 387
Frederick, 389, 415
Harriet, 413, 415, 418, 430, 434
Henry Walter, 413, 434
Jane, 430
John, 386, 388, 389, 390*, 413,
415, 418, 430, 434
John Helling, 430
Mary, 430
Shattock, Hannah, 432
James, 355*, 356*, 369, 371*
John, 350, 432*
John Bellett, 407
Sarah, 407
447
HISTORY.
Shattock (cont.) :
Thomas, 355, 356, 371
William, 355, 356, 371', 407
Sheers, Tho. 324
Sheffield, 364, 372
Sheldon, Gilbert, 323
Sherborne, 377, 396
Xewland Chapel, 349, 360-1
Long Street Chapel, 319
Singapore, 372
Slade, Ann, 415
Eliza, 424
Henry Ten-ell, 423
Joseph Harcet, 423
Mary, 419, 421, 423% 421",
432*, 435
Mary Ann, 421
Richard, 423', 424
Sarah, 415
Sarah Ann, 423
Thomas, 419, 435
Uriah, 419, 421, 421. 432
William, 415
i Slavery. Anti-Slavery Society
Meetings, 381'. 382, 383
Slaves, liberation of, 382
Sloper, William, 368
Small, Ann, 432*
James, 370, 377*, 432
Mary Ann. 432
Smith, E. V. Hist, of Xexv-
buryport, 363
Snook, Ann, Anne. 406, 428
Clematt, 406*
Joan, 407
Mary, 407
Robert, 407
Thomas, 350
Society for the Reformation
of Manners, 350
Society of the Natural Historv
of the Isle of Wight.
374
Somerset Association for
Foreign Missions, 383
Somerset Congregational As-
sociation, or Union, 370,
371, 376, 401. 402, 404;
founding of, 367
Somerset Congregational
Magazine, 384, 391, 394.
398, 400. 401, 402, 403
Somerset County Gazette, 332,
335. 336, 344. 353, 354, 361,
378, 392, 393, 394. 395, 398.
399, 404
Somerset Evangelist Societv.
402
Somersetshire, 330
South Street, 350, 394, 404
Southampton, 372
Southerton, Mr. 371
Charlotte, 406
Elizabeth, 406
Emma, 406
Francis, 406
John, 339, 340. 362, 371 (?), 390,
406*
Mary, 406*
Sarah Caroline, 406
Southey, Henry. 417
John, 417
Peter. 347
Robert, the poet, his ances-
tors members of the Pres-
byterian Church, 341
Sarah, 417
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
South wood, Peter, 325, 328
Roger, 356
Spiller, Bets}'. See Elizabeth
Dorothy, 410*
Elizabeth, Betsy, 410, 414
Hannah, 413 \ 414
Henry, 412, 414, 426
James, 434
Jane, 412, 414, 417*
Jemima, 417
Joel, 413
John, 410*, 413
Martha, 410
Mary, 413
Nanny, 429
Robert, 412, 413*, 414*, 417*,
434
Sally, 417
Sillina, 413
Sprague, W. B. Annals of the
American Pulpit, 364
Squers, Betty, 429
Squirrel Inn, 315, 390
Stadden. See Stodden
Stalham, John, 331
Standerwick, Rev. W. 391
Stanford, Charles, Life of
Philip Doddridge, 342,
351
Life of Alleine, 318, 319, 320,
321 322
Staplegrove, 324*, 325*, 326
Starcross, Devon, 423
Stephens [Stevens]
Elizabeth, 432, 436
Grace, 408
James. 433
Jane, 407, 408
John, 407, 408*, 420, 132, 434,
436
Maria, 433
Mary, 420, 433
Sarah, 429
Susan, 420
William, 407
Stiff, Mary, 432, 433
Thomas, 433
Zechariah Carleton, 386, 388,
389, 390*, 432, 133
Stock, Ann, 409
James, 409
Thomas, 409
Stockport, 392
Stodden IStadden], Samuel,
310, 313, 323, 824
Stone, Thomas, 328
Stradling, Alexander, 436
Ann, 419
Caroline, 421
David, 419*, 420, 421, 423,
435*
Elizabeth, 412, 419
Hannah, 435
Harriet, Harriot, 421, 422, 436
J. 392
James, 383, 387, 412* 421, 422.
436*
James Newcombe, 422
John, 426
John Alexander,
Margaret, 436
Martha, 423
Mary, 419, 435
Sarah, 419*, 420, 421, 123, 435*
Selina, 420
Solomon, 119
Thomas, 419
Stradling (cont.) :
William, 386, 388, 389, 390*,
396, 435, 436
Street, Somerset, 329
Street, James, Mynster of the
He, 329, 331
Stringston, 370
Sudbury, Suffolk, 401
Suffolk Congregational
Union, 401
Sunday at Home, 353
Sunday School Union, 382
Swain [Swaine] Alexander,
346, 433 ; wife of, 346
Hannah, 405, 430
John, 405, 406, 407, 408, 430,
434
Mary, 405, 406, 407, 408, 430,
434
Samuel, 407
Sarah, 408, 434
Swains (a place), 436"
Swanage, Dorset, 341*
Syle, Edward, 347
Symmonds, Betty, 431
Syndercombe, Rev. J. curate
of the parish church, 360
Tahiti, 372
Tamatave. 373
Tananarivo. See Antanan-
arivo
Tanner, Betty, 387
T. 387
Tarlton, Rev. John, 329
Taunton, 319, 320, 321*, 331, 332,
337*, 338*, 341,347,348,352,
353, 357*, 358, 361, 368, 370*,
377*, 382*, 384, 385, 386, 395,
398*, 403, 404
Academy at, 357
Alleine's School, 319
Castle Tavern, 321
Dissenters' Proprietary Col-
lege, 398
East Gate, 336 n.
East Reach, 336 n.
North Street Chapel, 397
Maids of, 335, 336
Manor of, 336
Paul St. Chapel, 336, 348, 358,
411
St. James, 336
St. Mary Magdalen, 310, 319.
321, 324, 329, 330, 352
Wild Oak House, 377
Tavistock, Devon, 370, 402
Taylor [Tayler], Mr. of Yeovil,
377*
Betty, 431
K. 374
Rev. James, 384, 391
Templar, Ann, 123
James, 423
John, 423
Temple, Ann, 421
Mary Ann, 421
James, 421
Terling, Essex, 331
Thirty Nine Articles, the,
petitions for relief from,
354
Thomas, Mr. 350
Mr. of Bampton, 383
William Proctor, 381, 382,
385, 386
Thompson, Mr. 383*
Josiah, State of the Dissent-
ing Interest, 340, 355
T. 392
Thorne [Thorn]
Betty. See Elizabeth
Charlotte, 422
Christina, 408
Eli, 424
Elizabeth, Betty, 407, 418,
419*, 422*, 424
Fanny, 406
George, 357, 408, 413*, 415,
417*, 419*, 422*, 433
Hannah, 411, 413, 428
Henry, 417, 433
Isaac, 433
James, 410, 417*, 422, 436
Joan, 436
John, 418, 426
Mary, 406, 407*, 408*, 410, 411*,
413*, 415, 417*, 419, 432*, 433
Mary Ann, 422
Nathaniel, 422*, 424
Robert, 411, 419
Sarah, 405, 406, 415, 422, 431
Susannah, 426, 429
Thomas, 405*, 406, 408
William, 406*, 407*, 408*, 410,
411*, 418
Thorogood, Mr. 384*
• Three Cups Inn,' 310, 314
Presbyterian meeting
behind, 313*, 335, 340, 395
Thunder storms, 383, 384, 391
Tilling. R. 374*
Timewell, Ann, 432
Grace, 406*, 407
Jane, 419, 432*, 436
John, 406*, 407, 419, 430, 432,
436
Mary, 406, 419
Mary Ann, 436
Sarah, 407, 430
William, 406
'Toleration Act,' of 1689, 313,
332, 334, 335
Toller, John, 357
T. N. 361
Toms, J. R. organist, 399, 403
Tooze [Towes,Towse,Twooze,
Twose, Twoz, Twoze]
Anna, 429
Ann, Anne, 406, 409, 411*, 413
Charles, 427, 429, 432
Elizabeth, 407, 430, 433
Hannah, 429, 432
Henry, 411
James, 407, 409, 411, 412, 413,
414*
John, 406, 407*, 409, 410, 411*,
432
Mary, 407*, 410*, 411*, 412,
430, 431
S. 426
Sarah, 412, 413, 414, 429
Thomas, 411
William, 411
Topsham, Devon, 312, 323, 380
Torres Straits, 372
Tottle [Tottell, Tottill, Tut-
tell]
Ann, 416, 417, 418*. 419, 421
Anna, 435
Betty. See Elizabeth
Caroline, 419
David, 416*, 417, 418, 419, 421
44-8
INDEX TO INDEPENDENT HISTORY.
Tottle fTottell, Tottill, Tut-
tell] (cant.):
Dinah. 429
Edward, 409
Eliza, 413, 421
Elizabeth, Betty, 408% 409,
410, 413*, 415, 419, 420, 422,
436
Elizabeth Forward, 413
Hannah, 421, 422*, 423, 436
Henry, 408
James, 410
Jane, 407, 420
John, 356, 382, 407, 408 . 409,
410% 413% 415. 421, 422%
423, 436
Joseph, 409
Mary, 408, 409% 419, 428
Mary Ann, 409
Mary Powell, 421
Robert, 408*
Sarah, 408, 422, 435
Susanna, 407
Tamozin, Tamzin, Thama-
zin, 408% 409, 410, 434
Thomas, 417, 419. 420, 435
William, 408 % 409, 410, 415,
423, 431, 434
Toulmin, Joshua, History of
Taunton, 335, 352
Towes. See Tooze
Town Hall, the, 316, 382, 383%
391, 392, 396
Towse. See Tooze
Tozer, Mr. 403
Isaac, 368, 370, 377, 411
Treagle, George, 331
Trenchard, George, 377
Sarah Anne, 377
Trevecca, 364
Trickey, Elizabeth, 409
Robert, 409
Sarah, 409
Trophimus, 375
Trosse, George, 324
Trull, Somerset, 323, 324, 357,
395
Trumbull, U.S.A. America,
362
Truro, 351
Bethesda Chapel, 364, 367
Tucker, Betty. See Elizabeth
Edward, 409
Elizabeth, Betsy. Betty,
406% 407% 408% 409, 410,
411% 414, 417, 418, 419*. 420,
426, 430
James, 407, 408, 410% 411, 420
John, 409% 413
Mary, 406, 420
Mary Ann, 417, 430
Nicholas, 406% 409, 414% 417,
418% 419, 428, 429, 130 ; two
children of, 128
Richard, 106, 133
Robert, 413
Sarah, 406, 409, 413
Turner, Mrs., 429
Alfred, 418
G. Lb Original Records of ■
Early Nonconformity, \
318, 323% 324, 325, 328, 330, !
331
James, 415, 418
Jane, 425
John, 415
Sarah, 415, 418
Tuttell. See Tottle
Twooze, Two8e,Twoz,Twoze. 1
See Tooze
Twyford, Mr. 403
J. 403
Tyerman, Charles Rich, 373,
409
Rev. Daniel, 311, 314,369-375
(biography), 396, 408, 409'
Elizabeth. 373, 109
Rev. Luke, 369; Life of
fVhOefield, 341, 315, 351 i
Sarah Ann Rich, 373, 409
Tyndale, William, 382
Uffculm, Devon, £32, 391
L%pham, William, 386
Upwey, Dorset, 394
Varder, Rev. Daniel, 349, 350,
360
Vaughan, Rev. Dr. 391
Veals, Ann, 431
Betty. See Elizabeth
Elizabeth, Betty, 416, 132
George, 416
Hannah, 421, 435
James, 421, 435
Jane, 421, 434
John, 421
John Lane, 421
Mary Ann, 421
William, 416
Victoria, Queen, 384
Proclamation of accession,
382
Coronation day, 383
Vinting, Charles, 424
George, 421
Grace, 421, 121
William, 121, 121
Vinton, J. A. The Giles
Memorial, 363
Vizagapatan, India, 102
Voisey, Betsey, 421
George, 424
Richard, 424
Vowell, Benjamin, 349
Wakeham, Elizabeth, 407
Peter, 406, 407
Rachel, 406, 407
William, 406
Waldron [Waldrone, Wal-
rond],
Mr. of Bidlands, 385
Mr. of Ottery, 324
Mrs. 399
Ann Collard, 412
Anna, 436
Anna Lean, 420
Clement, 346, 347, 416, 420, 429
Edith, 420
Eliza Grace, 423"
Henry, 310, 355% 356, 369, 371%
385, 386% 388, 390, 412, 413,
414% 415, 416, 420% 436 ; son
of, 430
James, 338, 420
Joan Speed, 420
Joanna, Johanna. 412, 413%
111% 115, 116, 120^
John Speed, 120
Maria, 111, 115, 126
Sarah, 111
William Collard, 123
449
Wale, Samuel, 389
Walker, John, Sufferings of
the Clergy, 329, 331
Samuel, 351
Wallbridge, Joseph, 371
Walrond. See W aldron
Warr, John, 125
Warren, John, 132
Matthew, 311
Sarah, 132
Thomas, 432
Water Engine, the, 339
Waterman, Betty. See
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, Bettv, 427'
Ishmael, 427% 429
Mary, 107
Samuel, 127
Sarah, 127
Thomas, 407, 427
William, 407, 425
Webber, Ann, 415
John, 115
Susan, 390
Thomas, 390, 115
Wellingborough, Cheese Lane
Chapel, 401
Wellington, passim
Wellington Association for
S upporting the King, 361
Wellington Board of Guar-
dians, 402
Wellington Borough, manor
of, 362
Wellington Rate Book and
Chureh Wardens' Ac-
counts, quoted, 339
Wellington School Board, 103
Wellington Weekly JVeics,391,
400 403 404
Wells, Somerset, 337, 368, 391
Were, Mary, 131
Thomas, 387
Wescot, Wescott. See West-
cott
Wesley, John, 321, 315, 369
Samuel, 369
Wesleyans, the, 392
Westcott [Wescot, Wescott],
Amey, 131
Ann, 120*
Anna, 120
George, 130, 431'
Hannah, 112
Harriot, 131
James, 112, 130
Jane, 112
Maria, 131
Mary, 130, 131*
Miriam, 131
Thomas, 120*
Wcstleigh, preaching station
at, 101
Weston, Mr. of Sherborne, 377
Westron, Mr. 369
Anne, 106
Margaret, 106*
Mark, 389, 390, 106*
Mark Broadfoot, 106
Weymouth, 357, 394
Wheeton, — , Rev. of Lyme,
370
White, Elizabeth, 410
Harriet Hews, 110
James, 431
Richard. 110
Sarah, 131
HISTORY OF WELLINGTON.
Whitefleld, George, 311, 314*,
344, 345, 347, 348,351*, 352,
369
Whitewood, Elizabeth, 424*
Isaac, 424
Wickham, Essex, 331
Wide, Elizabeth, 414*
John, 414*
Wild, Betty, 429
William III. King [Prince of
Orange], 313, 332, 334
William IV. King, observa-
tion of interment day,
383
William of Orange. See
William III.
Williams', Dr. Library, in
London. See London
Williams, Rev. C. 391
Joseph, 348*
Samuel Porter, 361, 362, 363,
364
Wills, H. O. 398
W. 398
Wilson, Mr. 382"
Walter, Account of various
Congregations in Eng-
land, 354, 356
Collection . . for the Hist,
and Succession of Dis-
senting Congregations,
355, 360, 361
Wilton, Somerset, 324
Wincanton, 394
Winchester, Rev. L. 376
Winlaw, Mrs. [Miss Andrew]
392
George Preston Kelsall, 393
Jane, 393
Rev. William, 311, 315, 316,
391-3 396
William Willoughby, 393
Winsford, Som. 357
Winsham, Som. 368, 408
Winter, Ann, 426, 434
Betty. See Elizabeth
Charles, 417, 431
Winter (cont.) :
David, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415,
416*, 417, 418*, 420, 421, 422,
431
Elizabeth, Betty, 414, 425,
435
George, 361, 405
Grace, 361, 405
Hannah, 412, 433
Henry, 422
James, 418*
John, 413, 426
Joseph, 431
Mary, 415
Richard, 359, 360
Samuel, 414, 421
Sarah, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415,
416, 417, 418*, 420*, 421, 422,
431
T. 427
Thomas, 361, 405, 411, 429,
434, 435
William, 414"
Winton, Mr. 381
Rev. R. 385*
Withers, Sarah, 427
Thomas, 433
Witney, Oxford, 337
Wiveliseombe, 355, 356, 371,
377*, 383, 384, 385*, 412
Wolley, John, 427
Wood, Ann, Anne, 413, 426
Henry, 339
James, 425, 428
Jane, 413
John, 414*
Joseph, 413, 416
Mary, 414, 416
Orpha, 429
Sarah, 428
William, 416
Woodberry, Devon, 324
Woodford, Alexander, 435
Hannah, 428
Margaret, 435
Samuel, 386, 428, 435
Thomas, 387*
Woodford (cont.) :
William, 386, 387*
WToodgate, Devon, 378
Woodrow, Ann, 409, 428
Betty, 430, 432
Hannah, 409
James, 420, 430
John, 409*, 420, 433
John Hallett, 420
Margaret, 420
Maria. 420, 421
Samuel, 408, 420, 421*
Woolborough, 325
Wrangway, 435
Wrangway Congregational
Chapel, 379, 400, 401, 402,
404
Trust deeds concerning the
chapel, 315, 368-9
John Nott's legacy, 398
Wrangway Sunday School,
John Nott's legacy, 316
statistics, 404
Wraxall, 325
Wright, Ann, 416, 429
Jane, 433
Joseph, 410
Joshua, 410, 411*, 414, 415,
416*, 417, 429, 434
Mary, 411, 416, 429
Mary Ann, 417
Richard, 411
Sarah, 410, 411*, 414,415,416*,
417
Thomas, 414
William, 415
Wyatt, Zachary, 334, 335
Yandel, Ann, 414
John, 414
Sarah, 414
Yeovil, 337, 338, 368*, 370, 37
Yolland, James, 414
Jane, 414
Sarah, 414
Young, Mr. 396
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